Stated preferences for imported and hormone-treated beef: Application of a mixed logit model

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-37

  Alfnes, Frode ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beef; Country of origin; Growth hormones; Market simulations; Mixed logit; Stated choice experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043098439     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/31.1.19     Document Type: Review

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