Conjoint effect of environmental labeling, disclosure of forest of origin and price on consumer preferences for wood products in the US and UK

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 308-316

  Aguilar, Francisco X ^a   Cai, Zhen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Price premiums; Temperate forest; Tropical forest; Wood product certification

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLABELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST RESOURCE; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRICE DYNAMICS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449238633     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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