Explaining purchases of organic meat by Dutch consumers

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-267

  Verhoef, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotions; Environmental concerns; Meat consumption; Organic products

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644436753     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurrag/jbi008     Document Type: Article

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