Estimating the welfare loss to consumers when food labels do not adequately inform: An application to fair trade certification

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rousu, Matthew C ^a   Corrigan, Jay R ^b  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fair trade; Labeling; Value of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849084154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1212     Document Type: Article

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