Disaggregating household expenditures on food away from home in Beijing by type of food facility and type of meal

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-35

  Bai, Junfei ^a   Zhang, Caiping ^b   Qiao, Fangbin ^b   Wahl, Tom ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Consumer behaviour; Expenditure; Food; Food away fromhome; Type of food facility; Type of meal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863031059     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561371211196757     Document Type: Review

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