Demand for ecolabeled seafood in the Japanese market: A conjoint analysis of the impact of information and interaction with other labels

Food Policy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-76

  Uchida, Hirotsugu ^a   Onozaka, Yuko ^b   Morita, Tamaki ^c   Managi, Shunsuke ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c Japan   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Consumer preference; Ecolabeled seafood; Japanese market; Multiple attributes interactions

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOLABELING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOOD MARKET; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEAFOOD; VALUATION;

JAPAN;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 84889639169     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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