Information asymmetries and consumption decisions in organic food product markets

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-50

  Giannakas, Konstantinos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b University of Nebraska Lincoln Agricultural Research Division   (United States)

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EID: 0036521228     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2002.tb00380.x     Document Type: Article

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