Retailer decisions about organic imports and organic private labels

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 597-603

  Jaenicke, Edward ^a   Dimitri, Carolyn ^b   Oberholtzer, Lydia ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA's Economic Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FOOD INDUSTRY; IMPORT; PRICE DYNAMICS; RETAILING; VEGETABLE;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960063362     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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