U.S. Consumers' Preference and Willingness to Pay for Country-of-Origin-Labeled Beef Steak and Food Safety Enhancements

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-118

  Lim, Kar H ^a   Hu, Wuyang ^a   Maynard, Leigh J ^a   Goddard, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84874115766     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2012.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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