Using Attribute Importance Rankings Within Discrete Choice Experiments: An Application to Valuing Bread Attributes

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 446-462

  Balcombe, Kelvin ^a   Bitzios, Michail ^b   Fraser, Iain ^c,d   Haddock Fraser, Janet ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attribute importance rankings; Discrete choice experiment; Survey mode

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMMODITY; COMMODITY MARKET; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL TEST; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RANKING;

EID: 84899933378     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12051     Document Type: Article

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