The effect of proposition 2 on the demand for eggs in California

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lusk, Jayson L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cage free; Egg; Organic; Prop 2; Scanner data

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77951988742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1296     Document Type: Article

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