TY - JOUR
T1 - Consumer choices for nano-food and nano-packaging in France and Germany
AU - Bieberstein, Andrea
AU - Roosen, Jutta
AU - Marette, Stéphan
AU - Blanchemanche, Sandrine
AU - Vandermoere, Frederic
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements-Jahn Throndsen, Section of Marine Botany, University of Oslo, gave valuable suggestions concerning the culture conditions for E. gymnastica. MS were recorded at the Departmento f Chemistry, University of Oslo, and IR and ‘H NMR at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, University of Trondheim. Synnove Liaaen-Jensen at the latter Institution made comments on the manuscript.T he Norwegian Research Council for Science and Humanities (NAVF) supported the project financially (grantD .50.42-13).
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - An experiment with different information treatments was conducted in France and Germany to evaluate consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for food nanotechnology focusing on two applications: nano-fortification with vitamins and nano-packaging. Results show that many consumers in both countries are reluctant to accept nanotechnology in food. Being confronted with general information on nanotechnology, econometric estimations of WTP reveal that French consumers are more reluctant to accept nano-packaging, whereas German consumers are less inclined to accept nano-fortification compared with the respective other application. More detailed information on nanotechnology has a negative impact when voluntary access to relevant information is assured.
AB - An experiment with different information treatments was conducted in France and Germany to evaluate consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for food nanotechnology focusing on two applications: nano-fortification with vitamins and nano-packaging. Results show that many consumers in both countries are reluctant to accept nanotechnology in food. Being confronted with general information on nanotechnology, econometric estimations of WTP reveal that French consumers are more reluctant to accept nano-packaging, whereas German consumers are less inclined to accept nano-fortification compared with the respective other application. More detailed information on nanotechnology has a negative impact when voluntary access to relevant information is assured.
KW - Consumer information
KW - Cross-country comparison
KW - Experimental economics
KW - Food innovation
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U2 - 10.1093/erae/jbr069
DO - 10.1093/erae/jbr069
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84871915670
SN - 0165-1587
VL - 40
SP - 73
EP - 94
JO - European Review of Agricultural Economics
JF - European Review of Agricultural Economics
IS - 1
ER -