Kynda R. Curtis, Jill J. McCluskey, and Thomas I. WahlWashington State University Major food companies have refused to use genetically modified (GM) potatoes in their processed potato products for fear of con- sumer backlash resulting from anti-GM food attitudes in Europe and…

Julian M. AlstonUniversity of California, DavisJeffrey HydePennsylvania State UniversityMichele C. MarraNorth Carolina State UniversityPaul D. MitchellTexas A&M University If a new corn rootworm resistant transgenic corn technology had been adopted on all of the United States acres treated for corn rootworm in…

Sergio H. Lence and Dermot J. HayesIowa State University We quantify the economic impact of introducing genetically modified (GM) crops. Short-run results suggest that it might be optimal to maintain the identity of a greater proportion of non- GM grain than is…

Mary K. Muth, Ph.D.Senior Research Economist, RTI InternationalDominic Mancini, Ph.D.Economist, Office of Management and BudgetCatherine Viator, M.S.Associate Economist, RTI International Food manufacturers routinely face decisions regarding the choice of ingredients and processes for producing foods. In the case of bioengineered foods, they…

Stephen J. Vogel, Kenneth Hanson, J. Michael Price, and Gerald SchluterUSDA Economic Research Service In this paper, we assess the economywide impacts of adopting the Renewable Fuels Standard by using “land-constrained” and “land-unconstrained” scenarios to establish lower and upper bounds. Adopting the…

Wen S. ChernDepartment of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State UniversityKyrre RickertsenDepartment of Economics and Resource Management, Agricultural University of NorwayNobuhiro TsuboiUniversity of Tsukuba, JapanTsu-Tan FuAcademia Sinica, Taiwan The objective of this paper is to estimate the consumer willingness to…

Peter W.B. PhillipsUniversity of Saskatchewan, CanadaDavid CorkindaleUniversity of South Australia, Adelaide Genetically modified (GM) foods represent a significant techni- cal and commercial breakthrough, but they have also revealed a major weakness in product development and commercialization in the global agri-food system. Although…

Stuart SmythPh.D. Candidate, Biotechnology, University of SaskatchewanPeter W.B. PhillipsProfessor of Agricultural Economics, NSERC/SSHRC Chair in Managing Knowledge-based Agri-food Development, University of Saskatchewan Numerous terminologies exist to describe product differentiation systems. The leading terms are identity preservation, segregation, and traceability. Frequently, the terminology…

Michele C. MarraProfessor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State UniversityPhilip G. PardeyProfessor, Department of Applied Economics, University of MinnesotaJulian M. AlstonProfessor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis The purpose of this study is to compile…

Michael BurtonSchool of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Western AustraliaDale PearseSchool of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Western Australia A choice modeling approach was used to identify consumer preferences for various hypothetical forms of genetic modifica- tion in beer, using…