Combining discrete and continuous mixing distributions to identify niche markets for food

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 287-311

  Campbell, Danny ^a   Doherty, Edel ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

choice experiments; mixed logit; niche market; price premium; value added food; WTP space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874768759     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbs018     Document Type: Article

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