What is the value of bottled water? Empirical evidence from the Italian retail market

Water Resources and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2016, Pages 57-66

  Carlucci, Domenico ^a   De Gennaro, Bernardo ^a   Roselli, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bottled water; Competitive advantage; Hedonic price; Italy; Natural mineral water

Indexed keywords

HEDONIC ANALYSIS; MARKETING; POLICY MAKING; RETAILING; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER PLANNING;

ITALY;

EID: 84994234550     PISSN: 22124284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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