Consumer-stated preferences towards Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) labels in a traditional olive-oil-producing country: The case of Spain

New Medit

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 11-19

  Erraach, Yamna ^a   Sayadi, Samir ^a   Gómez, Ana Cristina ^b   Parra López, Carlos ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Consumer preferences; Extra virgin olive oil; PDO label; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931269419     PISSN: 15945685     EISSN: 26111128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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