Public vs. private eco-labeling of environmental credence goods: Maximizing the gains from international integration

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sheldon, Ian M ^a   Roe, Brian E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credence goods; Eco labeling; Economic integration; Vertical differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149146538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1275     Document Type: Article

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