Quality certification vs. product traceability: Consumer preferences for informational attributes of pork in Georgia

Food Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-310

  Ubilava, David ^a   Foster, Kenneth ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Conditional logit; Informational attributes; Mixed logit; Product traceability; Quality certification; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; RETAILING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349132817     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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