Consumer expectations, liking and willingness to pay for specialty foods: Do sensory characteristics tell the whole story?

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 53-62

  Stefani, Gianluca ^a,b   Romano, Donato ^a   Cavicchi, Alessio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental auctions; Hedonic scores; Italy; Region of origin; WTP

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM SUBSP. SPELTA;

EID: 28444494708     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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