Social meaning in supermarkets as a Direct route to improve parents' fruit and vegetable purchases

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-137

  Payne, Collin R ^a   Niculescu, Mihai ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Childhood obesity; Fruits and vegetables; Intervention tools; Social norms; Supermarket

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861858011     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S106828050000424X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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