Can country-of-origin labeling succeed as a marketing tool for produce? Lessons from three case studies

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-530

  Carter, Colin ^a   Krissoff, Barry ^b   Zwane, Alix Peterson ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33750539963     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2006.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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