Employing a dichotomous choice model to assess Willingness to Pay (WTP) for organically produced products

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 59-69

  Tsakiridou, Efthimia ^a   Zotos, Yorgos ^b   Mattas, Konstantinos ^c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Dichotomous choice model; Organically produced products; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747842195     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: 15404102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J038v12n03_05     Document Type: Article

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