Milk by any other name ... consumer benefits from labeled milk

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 214-228

  Dhar, Tirtha ^a   Foltz, Jeremy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Demand systems; Labeling; Milk; Organics; Q AIDS; Retailing

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ELASTICITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; MILK;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13944255125     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0002-9092.2005.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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