The effects of individual environmental concerns on willingness to pay for sustainable plant attributes

HortScience

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-75

  Khachatryan, Hayk ^a   Campbell, Ben ^b   Hall, Charles ^c   Behe, Bridget ^d   Yue, Chengyan ^e   Dennis, Jennifer ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruistic concerns; Biospheric concerns; Edible plants; Egoistic concerns; Environmental attributes; Ornamental plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892149739     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.49.1.69     Document Type: Article

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