U.S. demand for organic and conventional fresh fruits: The roles of income and price

Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 464-478

  Lin, Biing Hwan ^a   Yen, Steven T ^b   Huang, Chung L ^c   Smith, Travis A ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored demand system; National organic standards; Nielsen homescan; Organic fruit demand; Price elasticities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862747111     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su1030464     Document Type: Article

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