Some neglected issues in food demand analysis: Retail-level demand, health information and product quality

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 341-367

  Herrmann, Roland ^a   Roeder, Claudia ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumption behavior; Demand analysis; Econometrics; Food preference

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; FOOD PREFERENCE;

EID: 0032451772     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00057     Document Type: Article

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