Food scares and trust: A European study

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-24

  Mazzocchi, Mario ^a   Lobb, Alexandra ^b   Traill, W Bruce ^b   Cavicchi, Alessio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chicken; Consumer behaviour; Food safety information; Risk perception; Theory of planned behaviour; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SAFETY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

SALMONELLA;

EID: 38049146041     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2007.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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