Consumer choice of food products and the implications for price competition and government policy consumer choice of food products

Agribusiness

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-104

  Mojduszka, Eliza M ^a   Caswell, Julie A ^b   Michael Harris, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 15844419335     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6297(200124)17:1<81::AID-AGR1004>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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