Determinants of food demand and the experienced taste effect of healthy labels - An experiment on potato chips and bread

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-20

  Thunström, Linda ^a   Nordström, Jonas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Healthy label; Non intrinsic value; Revealed preferences; Taste; Willingness to pay for food

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924598773     PISSN: 22148043     EISSN: 22148051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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