Interaction between food attributes in markets: The case of environmental labeling

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 471-484

  Grolleau, Gilles ^a   Caswell, Julie A ^b  

^a Centre d'Economie et Sociologie Appliquees a l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental labeling; Food attributes; Food marketing; Quality perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846428815     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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