The economics of information: Markets for seafood attributes

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-162

  Wessells, Cathy Roheim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer demand; Ecolabeling; Information; Seafood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037526074     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/mre.17.2.42629358     Document Type: Review

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