Making the 'right' choice based on experiments: Regulatory decisions for food and health

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-381

  Roosen, Jutta ^a   Marette, Stphan ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INRA ALISS   (France)

Author keywords

cost benefit analysis; experimental economics; food choice; public policy; welfare analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961089709     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbr026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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