dc.contributor.author | James, Harvey S. (Harvey Stanley), Jr. | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2002-05 | eng |
dc.description | This draft is dated May 6, 2002. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which trust directly affects public support for biotechnology, particularly in applications to food production and genetic modification of crop plants. Unlike previous research in which trust is assumed to be exogenous, this paper posits that trust is endogenously determined. An econometric model is developed that controls for the endogeneity of trust using instrumental variable and selection correction techniques. Using data from the U.S. Biotechnology Study, this study finds that the effect of trust on public support is substantially stronger than previous estimates. | eng |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported in part by the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station. | eng |
dc.identifier.citation | Harvey S. James, Jr., "The Effect of Trust on Public Support for Biotechnology: Evidence from the U.S. Biotechnology Study, 1997-1998," Department of Agricultural Economics Working Paper No. AEWP 2002-1, May 2002. | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/8984 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcollection | Agricultural Economics publications (MU) | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri-Columbia. College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Division of Applied Social Sciences. Department of Agricultural Economics | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Department of Agricultural Economics working paper ; no. AEWP 2002-01 | eng |
dc.subject | risk communication | eng |
dc.subject | public perceptions | eng |
dc.subject | consumer attitudes | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Biotechnology -- Public opinion | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Trust | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Food -- Biotechnology -- Public opinion | eng |
dc.title | The Effect of Trust on Public Support for Biotechnology: Evidence from the U.S. Biotechnology Study, 1997-1998 | eng |
dc.type | Working Paper | eng |