Impact of environmental, societal and health information on consumers' choices for nanofood

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Marette, Stphan ^a   Roosen, Jutta ^b   Bieberstein, Andrea ^c   Blanchemanche, Sandrine ^d   Vandermoere, Frederic ^e  

^a INRA ALISS   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d INRA   (United States)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Experimental economics; Food; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149167441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1274     Document Type: Article

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