Welfare effects of food labels and bans with alternative willingness to pay measures

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-337

  Lusk, Jayson L ^a   Marette, Stéphan ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Auction; Beef; Cloning; Conjoint; Consumer surplus methyl mercury; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953487320     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppp013     Document Type: Article

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