?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Stated+willingness-to-pay+for+organic+fruit+and+pesticide+ban.+An+evaluation+using+both+web-based+and+face-to-face+interviewing.&rft.creator=Canavari%2C+Maurizio&rft.creator=Nocella%2C+Giuseppe&rft.creator=Scarpa%2C+Riccardo&rft.subject=Consumer+issues&rft.description=Income+growth+in+highly+industrialised+countries+has+resulted+in+consumer+choice+of+foodstuffs+no+longer+being+primarily+influenced+by+basic+factors+such+as+price+and+organoleptic+features.+From+this+perspective%2C+the+present+study+sets+out+to+evaluate+how+and+to+what+extent+consumer+choice+is+influenced+by+the+possible+negative+effects+on+health+and+environment+caused+by+the+consumption+of+fruit+containing+deposits+of+pesticides+and+chemical+products.+The+study+describes+the+results+of+a+survey+which+explores+and+estimates+consumer+willingness+to+pay+in+two+forms%3A+a+yearly+contribution+for+the+abolition+of+the+use+of+pesticides+on+fruit%2C+and+a+premium+price+for+organically+grown+apples+guaranteed+by+a+certified+label.+The+same+questionnaire+was+administered+to+two+samples.+The+first+was+a+conventional+face-to-face+survey+of+customers+of+large+retail+outlets+located+around+Bologna+(Italy)%3B+the+second+was+an+Internet+sample.+The+discrete+choice+data+were+analysed+by+means+of+probit+and+tobit+models+to+estimate+the+utility+consumers+attribute+to+organically+grown+fruit+and+to+a+pesticide+ban.+The+research+also+addresses+questions+of+validity+and+representativeness+as+a+fundamental+problem+in+web-based+surveys.&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10916%2F1%2FJ038v11n03_07FrontPage.pdf&rft.identifier=Canavari%2C+Maurizio%3B+Nocella%2C+Giuseppe+and+Scarpa%2C+Riccardo+(2005)+Stated+willingness-to-pay+for+organic+fruit+and+pesticide+ban.+An+evaluation+using+both+web-based+and+face-to-face+interviewing.+Journal+of+Food+Products+Marketing%2C+11+(3)%2C+pp.+107-134.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10916%2F