Consumers' valuation of food quality labels: The case of the European geographic indication and organic farming labels

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-165

  Aprile, Maria Carmela ^a   Caputo, Vincenzina ^b   Nayga, Rodolfo M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Consumer preferences; European quality labels; Olive oil; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867394173     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2011.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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