ARE RETAILERS' PREFERENCES FOR SEAFOOD ATTRIBUTES PREDICTIVE FOR CONSUMER WANTS? RESULTS FROM A CHOICE EXPERIMENT FOR SEABREAM (Sparus aurata)

Aquaculture Economics and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-122

  Fernández Polanco, José ^a   Loose, Simone Mueller ^b,c   Luna, Ladislao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

aquaculture; consumer's preferences; retailers; safety; sustainability

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD MARKET; PERCIFORM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RETAILING; SEAFOOD; SUSTAINABILITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84878162760     PISSN: 13657305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13657305.2013.772262     Document Type: Article

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