Market behavior with environmental quality information costs

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bougherara, Douadia ^a   Piguet, Virginie ^b  

^a LERECO   (France)

^b Centre d'Economie et Sociologie Appliquees a l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux   (France)

Author keywords

Credence goods; Eco labeling; Experimental economics; Information costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149139885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1272     Document Type: Article

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