Using data from a national survey, this study analyzes US consumers' acceptance of genetically modified foods that provide additional nutritional benefits. Using an ordered probit model, this study examines the relation between the willingness to consume genetically modified foods and consumers'...

The December 2003 discovery of a BSE infected cow in the USA revealed a vulnerability in the safety of the U.S. Food Supply. This study reports on a nationwide risk perception survey conducted in early January 2004. Survey results showed that U.S. consumers for the most part took the discovery...

This study is an attempt to quantify consumers' perceptions in support of Genetically Modified (GM) products in the US. Specifically, the study is intended to analyze and compare the effects of consumers' socioeconomic characteristics and their expressed value judgments on their intensity of...