Investigating the gap between citizens' sustainability attitudes and food purchasing behaviour: Empirical evidence from Brazilian pork consumers

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-402

  de Barcellos, Marcia Dutra ^a   Krystallis, Athanasios ^b   de Melo Saab, Maria Stela ^c   Kügler, Jens Oliver ^b   Grunert, Klaus G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Brazil; Conjoint analysis; Pork consumers; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053988079     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2010.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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