Perceived health benefits and soy consumption behavior: Two-stage decision model approach

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-332

  Moon, Wanki ^a   Balasubramanian, Siva K ^a   Rimal, Arbindra ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health benefits from soy food; Lancaster's characteristics model; Multiattribute model; Two stage decision model

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 24044494318     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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