Preferences for fairness and equity in the food system

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-29

  Briggeman, Brian C ^a   Lusk, Jayson L ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

altruism; experiment; fairness; inequity; organic food

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952397304     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbq033     Document Type: Article

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