Consumer preferences, ecolabels, and effects of negative environmental information

AgBioForum

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 327-336

  Chen, Xianwen ^a   Alfnes, Frode ^a   Rickertsen, Kyrre ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Discrete choice; Ecolabels; Environmental information; Fish; Stated preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958175310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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