The Effect of Information on Willingness to Pay for Canned Tuna Fish with Different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Certification: A Pilot Study

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 457-471

  De Magistris, Tiziana ^a   Del Giudice, Teresa ^b   Verneau, Fabio ^b  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 84936948905     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: 17456606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joca.12046     Document Type: Article

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