Seafood substitution and mislabeling: WTP for a locally caught grouper labeling program in florida

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-92

  Ropicki, Andrew J ^a   Larkin, Sherry L ^a   Adams, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grouper; Mislabeling; Polychotomous choice; Product integrity; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77953570352     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5950/0738-1360-25.1.77     Document Type: Article

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