Determinants of willingness to pay for imported meat products in developing countries: The case of Turkey

International Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 589-600

  Erdem, Cumhur ^a   Senturk, Ismail ^a   Ozkaya, Cumhur ^a  

^a Gaziosmapa a University   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beef; Chicken meat; Consumer behavior; Ordered probit; Turkey; WTP

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959396826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13071637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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