Public preferences and private choices: Effect of altruism and free riding on demand for environmentally certified pork

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 499-521

  Lusk, Jayson L ^a   Nilsson, Tomas ^b   Foster, Ken ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DATA ACQUISITION; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; SURVEYING;

CONSUMER DEMAND; FOOD LABELING POLICIES; PUBLIC PREFERENCES; RANDOM PARAMETER LOGIT MODEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ALTRUISM; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33847670114     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9039-6     Document Type: Article

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