Eliciting Consumer Preferences for Certified Animal-Friendly Foods: Can Elements of the Theory of Planned Behavior Improve Choice Experiment Analysis?

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 850-868

  Nocella, Giuseppe ^a   Boecker, Andreas ^b   Hubbard, Lionel ^c   Scarpa, Riccardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84867440650     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20569     Document Type: Article

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