The impact of information on consumer preferences for different animal food production methods

Journal of Consumer Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-331

  Mørkbak, Morten Raun ^a   Nordström, Jonas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal production; Choice experiment; Food safety; Mixed logit model; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449144967     PISSN: 01687034     EISSN: 15730700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10603-009-9106-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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