Consumers' willingness to pay for eco-friendly apples under different labels: Evidences from a lab experiment

Food Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-161

  Marette, Stéphan ^a   Messéan, Antoine ^b   Millet, Guy ^a  

^a INRA ALISS   (France)

^b INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Apples; Experimental economics; Labels; Value of information; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ECOLABELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; HEALTH IMPACT; LABORATORY METHOD; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

FRANCE;

EID: 84856032497     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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