The state and consumer confidence in eco-labeling: Organic labeling in Denmark, Sweden, The United Kingdom and The United States

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-517

  Sønderskov, Kim Mannemar ^a   Daugbjerg, Carsten ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Consumer confidence; Eco labeling; Ordered logistic regression; Organic food

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555220098     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-010-9295-5     Document Type: Article

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