The effect of information about health hazards on demand for frequently purchased commodities

International Journal of Research in Marketing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 310-318

  Heiman, Amir ^a   Lowengart, Oded ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Demand; Health hazard; Importance weight; Information; Multi attribute; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949107309     PISSN: 01678116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijresmar.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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