Socio-economic factors affecting consumer behaviour for United States and Spanish beef under different information scenarios

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-39

  Sanchez M ^a   Beriain, M J ^a   Carr, T R ^b  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b Department of Animal Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Consumer behaviour; Information; Purchase intention; Socio economic factors; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 83855165743     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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