Can consumers' willingness to pay incentivize adoption of environmental impact reducing technologies in meat animal production?

Food Policy

Volumn 49, Issue P1, 2014, Pages 41-49

  White, Robin R ^a   Brady, Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Environmental impact; Meat production; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MEAT; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL PRODUCT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; WATER USE;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84904473891     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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