Using an economic experiment to estimate willingness-to-pay for a new maternal nutrient supplement in Ghana

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 581-595

  Adams, Katherine P ^a   Lybbert, Travis J ^a   Vosti, Stephen A ^a   Ayifah, Emmanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

C93; D12; Field experiment; Ghana; I15; Lipid based nutrient supplements; O12; Undernutrition; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD SUPPLY; LIPID; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

GHANA;

EID: 84979238797     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12257     Document Type: Article

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