Chinese consumers' willingness to pay for green- and eco-labeled seafood

Food Control

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-82

  Xu, Pei ^a   Zeng, Yinchu ^b   Fong, Quentin ^c   Lone, Todd ^a   Liu, Yuanyuan ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Eco label; Green label; Seafood safety; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861217587     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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