A new market for an old food: The U.S. demand for olive oil

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 45, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 107-118

  Xiong, Bo ^a   Sumner, Daniel ^a   Matthews, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary trend; Food demand; Health; Mediterranean diet; Olive oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908258119     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12133     Document Type: Article

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