A country-wide study of consumer choice for an emerging supermarket sector: A case study of Nicaragua

Development Policy Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 603-615

  D'Haese, Marijke ^a,b   Van Den Berg, Marrit ^b   Speelman, Stijn ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nicaragua; Shopping outlet choice; Supermarket

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MODELING; SHOPPING ACTIVITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 48949084493     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2008.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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