The roles of human values and generalized trust on stated preferences when food is labeled with environmental footprints: Insights from Germany

Food Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-91

  Grebitus, Carola ^a   Steiner, Bodo ^b   Veeman, Michele ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Ecological; Environmental sustainability; Mixed logit; Rokeach Value Survey

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECOLABELING; FOOD; SUSTAINABILITY;

GERMANY;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84955214021     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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