On consumers' valuation of nutrition information

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-247

  Drichoutis, Andreas C ^a   Lazaridis, Panagiotis ^a   Nayga Jr , Rodolfo M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrition information; Nutritional labels; Payment card; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTINGENT VALUATION; EUROPEAN UNION; NUTRITION; STANDARD (REGULATION); WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 67649723823     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: 14678586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8586.2009.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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