In Goodness We Trust. The Role of Trust and Institutions Underpinning Trust in the Organic Food Market

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 470-487

  Zagata, Lukas ^a   Lostak, Michal ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD MARKET; FOOD QUALITY; KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867037122     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2012.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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