Green market expansion by reducing information asymmetries: Evidence for labeled organic food products

Food Policy

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-43

  Rousseau, Sandra ^a   Vranken, Liesbet ^b  

^a Faculty of Economics   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Information asymmetries; Organic food labels; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FRUIT; HEALTH IMPACT; POLICY MAKING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84875263646     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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