A battle of taste and environmental convictions for ecolabeled seafood: A contingent ranking experiment

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-300

  Johnston, Robert J ^a   Roheim, Cathy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoint; Contingent ranking; Ecolabel; Seafood; Stated preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748861422     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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