Willingness to Pay for Traceable Meat Attributes: A Metaanalysis

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-263

  Cicia, Gianni ^a   Colantuoni, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

food traceability; Meta analysis; Willingness to Pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856911119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18696945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v1i3.138     Document Type: Article

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