Consumers’ perception of quality in organic food: A random utility model under preference heterogeneity and choice correlation from rank-orderings

British Food Journal

Volumn 104, Issue , 2002, Pages 200-213

  Cicia, Gianni ^a   Del Giudice, Teresa ^a   Scarpa, Riccardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer marketing; Italy; Organic food; Questionnaires; Random sampling; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986170660     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700210425660     Document Type: Article

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