Do fair trade and eco-labels in coffee wake up the consumer conscience?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-138

  Loureiro, Maria L ^a   Lotade, Justus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco labels; Fair trade; Organic coffee; Shade grown coffee; Weibull survival regression

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECOLABELING; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 20144377245     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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