Consumer responses to new food quality information: Are some consumers more sensitive than others?

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-346

  Gao, Zhifeng ^a   Schroeder, Ted C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Consumer type; Consumer willingness to pay; Food quality information

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 65249134047     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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