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Consumer Willingness to Pay for "Second-Generation" Genetically Engineered Products and the Role of Marketing Information

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  • Rousu, Matthew C.
  • Monchuk, Daniel C.
  • Shogren, Jason F.
  • Kosa, Katherine M.

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Environmental and consumer groups have called for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered (GE) food products in the United States, stating that consumers have the “right to know.” Herein, we use a nonhypothetical field experiment to examine the willingness to pay for GE-labeled products, using the only second-generation GE product currently on the U.S. market-GE cigarettes. Our results suggest consumers pay less for GE-labeled cigarettes when marketing information is absent. But, when presented with marketing information on the attributes of the cigarette, we find no evidence that consumers pay less for GE-labeled cigarettes.

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  • Rousu, Matthew C. & Monchuk, Daniel C. & Shogren, Jason F. & Kosa, Katherine M., 2005. "Consumer Willingness to Pay for "Second-Generation" Genetically Engineered Products and the Role of Marketing Information," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 37(3), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:joaaec:43501
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.43501
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