Aquaculture imports from Asia: An analysis of U.S. consumer demand for select food quality attributes

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 625-634

  Ortega, David L ^a   Wang, H Holly ^b   Olynk Widmar, Nicole J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Correlated preferences; Country of origin; Food safety; Verification entity

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CERTIFICATION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DOMESTICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPORT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ASIA; CHINA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); TILAPIA;

EID: 84904615389     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12111     Document Type: Article

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