Valuing the Environmental Benefits from GM Products Using an Experimental Procedure: Lessons From the United States and the Philippines

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dc.contributor.authorMaupin, Jason Dereken
dc.contributor.committeechairNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKuminoff, Nicolai V.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPope, Jaren C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:30:03Zen
dc.date.adate2007-01-15en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:30:03Zen
dc.date.issued2006-12-15en
dc.date.rdate2007-01-15en
dc.date.sdate2007-01-03en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis develops an experimental procedure to value the environmental benefits from two pre-production genetically modified (GM) products, MVR tomatoes and Bt eggplant. The procedure explicitly tells subjects the GM nature of the products, and frames the value as an actual donation to the scientific organization pursuing the product research. The procedure is tested in the United States and the Philippines. The tests suggest that United States students give significantly different values than Filipino farmers with Filipino farmers valuing the environmental benefits much higher than United States students. The tests also suggest that slight changes in procedures can significantly affect values. Subjects also use information learned during the experiment to form their valuations. For example, Filipino farmers significantly increase their values as the procedure progresses.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01032007-122707en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01032007-122707/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/30794en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartJDMaupin_Valuing_Environmental_Benefits.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBiotechnologyen
dc.subjectPhilippinesen
dc.subjecteconomic impact assessmenten
dc.subjectexperimental economicsen
dc.subjectEnvironmental Benefitsen
dc.titleValuing the Environmental Benefits from GM Products Using an Experimental Procedure: Lessons From the United States and the Philippinesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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