Confidence lost and - partially - regained: Consumer response to food scares

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 471-485

  Böcker, Andreas ^a   Hanf, Claus Hennig ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer response; Consumer trust; D11 Consumer economics: theory; D83 Search, learning, and information; Food scares

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041992347     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(00)00131-1     Document Type: Article

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