Consumer vs. citizen willingness to pay for restaurant food safety

Food Policy

Volumn 49, Issue P1, 2014, Pages 160-166

  Alphonce, Roselyne ^a,c   Alfnes, Frode ^a   Sharma, Amit ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Consumer citizen duality; Restaurant food safety; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SAFETY; POLICY MAKING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FOOD QUALITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 84907522292     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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