The role of beliefs in purchasing process of functional foods

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 151-158

  Pappalardo, Gioacchino ^a   Lusk, Jayson L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental auction; Food values; Functional foods; Subjective beliefs; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977111324     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.06.009     Document Type: Article

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