Using flexible taste distributions to value collective reputation for environmentally friendly production methods

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-162

  Scarpa, Riccardo ^a   Thiene, Mara ^b   Marangon, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

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EID: 43449138182     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2008.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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