Do consumers care about organic and distance labels? An empirical analysis in Spain

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 660-669

  de Magistris, Tiziana ^a   Gracia, Azucena ^a  

^a Agrifood Institute of Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Organic; Origin; Preferences; Real choice experiment; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911996868     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12138     Document Type: Article

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