caa a22 4500 378906186 CHVBK 20180305123530.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20040506xx s 000 0 eng 10.2202/1542-0485.1064 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.2202/1542-0485.1064 Consumer's Resistance to Genetically Modified Foods: The Role of Information in an Uncertain Environment [Elektronische Daten] [Wallace E. Huffman, Matthew Rousu, Jason F Shogren, Abebayehu Tegene] Genetically modified (GM) foods have been engulfed in considerable controversy, and the early optimism has been dampened. Information issues—labeling and asymmetric information—are central to the GM-food debate. Furthermore, it is important to understand the reaction in developed countries to GM-foods because they set the tone of the world market in grains, oilseeds, and animal products. New results are reported from a statistical analysis of the market characteristics that push consumers in a high-income country to resist GM foods, with an emphasis on negative information from environmental groups and third-party, verifiable information, which could neutralize private information distributed by interested parties. A unique sample of adult consumers participated in laboratory auctions of three food products with randomized labeling and information treatments. A key finding is that GM information supplied by environmental groups increases the probability that consumers are out of the market for GM-foods. Third-party verifiable information, however, dissipates most of the negative effect of the environmental group perspective. Selective adoption of GM crops seems likely to raise world welfare but Western Europe’s banning of GM imports and technology will largely affect them negatively. ©2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston Biotechnology nationallicence GMOs nationallicence consumer demand nationallicence information nationallicence uncertainty nationallicence Huffman Wallace E. Iowa State University aut Rousu Matthew RTI International aut Shogren Jason F. University of Wyoming aut Tegene Abebayehu USDA/ERS aut Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization De Gruyter 2/2(2004-05-06) 2:2 2004 2 jafio https://doi.org/10.2202/1542-0485.1064 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2202/1542-0485.1064 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huffman Wallace E. Iowa State University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rousu Matthew RTI International aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shogren Jason F. University of Wyoming aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tegene Abebayehu USDA/ERS aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization De Gruyter 2/2(2004-05-06) 2:2 2004 2 jafio CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter