Consumer preferences for fresh food items with multiple quality attributes: Evidence from an experimental auction of pork chops

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 916-923

  Melton, Bryan E ^a   Huffman, Wallace E ^a   Shogren, Jason F ^b   Fox, John A ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer preferences; Experimental design; Experimental economics; Hedonic commodities; Pork chops; Quality differences; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000976102     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243848     Document Type: Article

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