Is embedding entailed in consumer valuation of food safety characteristics?

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 587-607

  Mørkbak, Morten Raun ^a   Christensen, Tove ^a   Gyrd Hansen, Dorte ^b   Olsen, Søren Bøye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

choice experiment; embedding; food safety; market goods; valuation

Indexed keywords

COLUMBA;

EID: 80053469491     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbr021     Document Type: Article

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