Welfare Effects of Food Miles Labels

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 311-327

  Caputo, Vincenzina ^a   Vassilopoulos, Achilleas ^b   Nayga, Rodolfo M ^a,c   Canavari, Maurizio ^d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 84892675812     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: 17456606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joca.12009     Document Type: Article

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