Who are consuming food away from home and where? Results from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 191-213

  Liu, Miaoru ^a   Kasteridis, Panagiotis ^b   Yen, Steven T ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Censoring; Food away from home; Sample selection system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871868029     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbs012     Document Type: Review

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