Comparison of the Risk Perceptions of Italian and United States Consumers for GMO Foods by R. Wes Harrison, Stefano Boccaletti, and Lisa House April 30, 2004 Contact Author: R.Wes Harrison Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness 101 Ag Administration Building, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5604 Tel: (225) 578-2728 Fax: (225) 578-2716 wharrison@agctr.lsu.edu Paper presented at the 14 th International Food and Agribusiness Management Association Annual World Food and Agribusiness Symposium and Forum, June 12-15, 2004 Copyright 2004 by R. Wes Harrison Stefano Boccaletti, and Lisa House. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. R. Wes Harrison is associate professor at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Stefano Boccaletti is associate professor at IstitutoDi Economia Agro- Alimentare. Universitá Cattolica, Cremona, Italia; and, Lisa House is associate professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.