Improving Eco-labelling as an Environmental Policy Instrument: Knowledge, Trust and Organic Consumption

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 559-575

  Daugbjerg, Carsten ^a,b   Smed, Sinne ^b   Andersen, Laura Mørch ^b   Schvartzman, Yonatan ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eco labelling; knowledge; organic food; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926217673     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2013.879038     Document Type: Article

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