Traffic lights and food choice: A choice experiment examining the relationship between nutritional food labels and price

Food Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-220

  Balcombe, Kelvin ^a   Fraser, Iain ^b   Falco, Salvatore Di ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian mixed logit; Choice experiment; Nutrients; Traffic Light System

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD MARKET; FOOD PREFERENCE; HETEROGENEITY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PERCEPTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952553224     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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