The economics of information, deep capture, and the obesity debate

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 533-541

  Smith, Trenton G ^a   Tasnádi, Attila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; FOOD INDUSTRY; INFORMATION; OBESITY; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 84896951742     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat113     Document Type: Article

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