Factors affecting consumer attitudes towards food products with sustainable attributes

Agricultural Economics (Czech Republic)

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 353-363

  Annunziata, Azzurra ^a   Scarpato, Debora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Factor analysis; Sustainable food

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906245266     PISSN: 0139570X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/156/2013-agricecon     Document Type: Article

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