Consumer knowledge and meat consumption at home and away from home

Food Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 631-639

  Yen, Steven T ^a   Lin, Biing Hwan ^b   Davis, Christopher G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

C34; Censored dependent variables; D12; Dietary knowledge; Maximum simulated likelihood; Meat demand; Simultaneous equations system

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DIET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; MEAT;

EID: 50649105187     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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