Women, men and organic food: Differences in their attitudes and willingness to pay. A Spanish case study

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-26

  Ureña, Félix ^a   Bernabéu, Rodolfo ^a   Olmeda, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Hanemann model; Logit models; Spain; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149121974     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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