Consumer willingness to pay for farm animal welfare: Mobile abattoirs versus transportation to slaughter

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-344

  Carlsson, Fredrik ^a   Frykblom, Peter ^b   Lagerkvist, Carl Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Choice experiments; Slaughter; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 35348913917     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbm025     Document Type: Article

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