Beef with environmental and quality attributes: Preferences of environmental group and general population consumers in Saskatchewan, Canada

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-342

  Belcher, Ken W ^a   Germann, Andrea E ^a   Schmutz, Josef K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Consumer preferences; Credence attributes; Environmental goods and services; Riparian zones; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547584792     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-007-9069-x     Document Type: Article

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