Meat as a bad habit: A case for positive feedback in consumption preferences leading to lock-in

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-348

  Frank, Joshua ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous preferences; Lock in; Meat; Path dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048987691     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760701635833     Document Type: Article

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