Consumer sorting and hedonic valuation of wine attributes: Exploiting data from a field experiment

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 91-103

  Gustafson, Christopher R ^a   Lybbert, Travis J ^b   Sumner, Daniel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer preferences; Experimental Auction; Field Experiment; Hedonic Pricing; Sorting; Willingness to pay; Wine

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FIELDWORK; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; PRICE DETERMINATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WINE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84953410690     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12212     Document Type: Article

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