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Predictably Irrational Consumer Food Preferences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jack Bobo  and
Sweta Chakraborty
Jack Bobo
Affiliation:
Intrexon Corporation.
Sweta Chakraborty
Affiliation:
The Institute on Science for Global Policy.
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European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , September 2016 , pp. 604 - 609
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