Are the poor willing to pay a premium for designer labels? A field experiment in Bolivia

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-224

  van Kempen, Luuk ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DESIGN; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3142677456     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810410001699957     Document Type: Article

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