Consumer preferences for olive oil in Tirana, Albania

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 55-74

  Chan Halbrendt, Catherine ^a   Zhllima, Edvin ^b   Sisior, Gwendalyn ^a   Imami, Drini ^b   Leonetti, Luciano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Conjoint choice; Consumer preference; Experiment; Latent class; Olive oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957780223     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: 15592448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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