How cognitive biases can affect the performance of eco-labeling schemes

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Beretti, Antoine ^a   Grolleau, Gilles ^a   Mzoughi, Naoufel ^a  

^a Réseau National Cancer Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive biases; Eco labeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149192219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1276     Document Type: Article

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