Fruit and vegetable consumption patterns: A segmentation approach

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 827-842

  Bertail, Patrice ^a   Caillavet, France ^b  

^a CREST   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Demand system; Finite mixture; Food policy; Fruit and vegetable consumption; Healthy diet; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DIET; FOOD POLICY; FRUIT; HETEROGENEITY; INCOME; PRICE DYNAMICS; SEGMENTATION; VEGETABLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 45449094409     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01138.x     Document Type: Article

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