Willingness to pay for certified wooden furniture: A market segment analysis

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-55

  Veisten, Knut ^a   Solberg, Birger ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Certification; Eco labeling; Market segmentation; Principal component analysis; Stated choice; Willingness to pay; Wood products; Wooden furniture

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; LABELING; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ECO-LABELING; MARKET SEGMENTATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY (WTP); WOODEN FURNITURE;

WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

CERTIFICATION; FORESTRY; FURNITURE; LABELING; MARKET RESEARCH; MODELS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 1242264330     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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