Food and consumer economics

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 506-521

  Unnevehr, Laurian ^a   Eales, James ^b   Jensen, Helen ^c   Lusk, Jayson ^d   Mccluskey, Jill ^e   Kinsey, Jean ^f  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural demand; Food assistance; Food consumption; Food security; Hedonic prices; Household economics; Household Equivalence Scale; Information; Nonmarket valuation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; COMMODITY PRICE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ELASTICITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION; VALUATION;

EID: 77957661517     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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