The role of price as a product attribute in the organic food context: An exploration based on actual purchase data

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-60

  Marian, Livia ^a   Chrysochou, Polymeros ^a   Krystallis, Athanasios ^a   Thøgersen, John ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cross purchase; Organic food; Polarisation index; Price; Repeat purchase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901315499     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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