Using a simple model of the world canola market, this paper explores the consequences of the introduction of GM canola on prices, production and consumer welfare. In particular, the model contains heterogeneous consumers who differentiate between GM and non-GM canola, but who can be captured by...

This paper is published in full in European Review of Agricultural Economics Vol 28(4) (2001) pp.479-498 http://erae.oupjournals.org/content/vol28/issue4/

While qualitative surveys regarding consumers’ attitudes about gene technologies and their application to food production are plentiful, quantitative studies are less so. The present paper reports choice modelling methods to examine the conditions under which Australian consumers are willing...

Numerous qualitative studies have examined consumer attitudes towards genetically modified foods. This research adds to those studies by using choice modelling methods to examine the extent to which Western Australian consumers are willing to pay to avoid GM foods, if at all. The questionnaire...

While qualitative surveys regarding consumers' attitudes about gene technologies and their application to food production are plentiful, quantitative studies are less so. The present paper reports choice modelling methods to examine the conditions under which Australian consumers are willing to...