title: Continents divided: Understanding differences between Europe and North America in acceptance of GM crops.
abstract: The differences between GM policies in the US and Europe have several causes. GM technology holds a home court advantage in the US and European chemical companies did not support its introduction. The technology did not seem to provide benefits to consumers, and the crops it applied to were not so significant in Europe. The technology was introduced during a time when the political influence of green parties in Europe was especially significant, and European trust of government capacity to enter food security issues was at its lowest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA USA; Department of Agriculture, Food, and Resource Economics; Rutgers University; New Brunswick, NJ USA; Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; College of Agricultural Sciences; Colorado State University; Fort Collins, CO USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zilberman
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA USA.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA USA.
authors.forename: Eunice
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture, Food, and Resource Economics; Rutgers University; New Brunswick, NJ USA.
authors.forename: Gal
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hochman
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; College of Agricultural Sciences; Colorado State University; Fort Collins, CO USA.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Graff
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics*; D005060:Europe; D038622:Internationality; D009656:North America; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D011640:Public Policy
keywords: Europe; GM crops; United States; biotechnology; economics; interest group; policy; political economy; regulation