Willingness to pay for food safety: Costs and benefits of accurate measures

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1185-1191

  Golan, Elise ^a   Kuchler, Fred ^a  

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EID: 0007524251     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244105     Document Type: Article

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