Does Fair Trade Compete with Carbon Footprint and Organic Attributes in the Eyes of Consumers? Results from a Pilot Study in Scotland, The Netherlands and France

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 969-984

  Akaichi, Faical ^a   de Grauw, Steven ^b   Darmon, Paul ^c   Revoredo Giha, Cesar ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Choice experiment; Fair trade; Organic; Tradeoffs; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; ETHICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE-OFF; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

FRANCE; NETHERLANDS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84991358609     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: 1573322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-016-9642-7     Document Type: Article

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