A Taste for Safer Beef? How Much Does Consumers' Perceived Risk Influence Willingness to Pay for Country-of-Origin Labeled Beef

Agribusiness

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-30

  Lim, Kar H ^a   Hu, Wuyang ^b   Maynard, Leigh J ^b   Goddard, Ellen ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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PERILLA FRUTESCENS;

EID: 84892437305     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21365     Document Type: Article

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