Do positive nutrition shelf labels affect consumer behavior? Findings from a field experiment with scanner data

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 364-369

  Berning, Joshua P ^a   Chouinard, Hayley H ^b   Mccluskey, Jill J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; NUTRITION; RESEARCH WORK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960050852     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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