Retail channel and consumer demand for food quality in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 359-366

  Ortega, David L ^a   Wang, H Holly ^b   Wu, Laping ^c   Hong, Soo Jeong ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Animal Welfare; Food Safety; Green Food; Organic; Willingness to Pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947749153     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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