Calorie information effects on consumers' food choices: Sources of observed gender heterogeneity

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 964-973

  Heiman, Amir ^a   Lowengart, Oded ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calorie information; Choice process; Gender; Health hazards; Importance weights; Negative information; Risk multi attribute

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894252422     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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