Cue versus independent food attributes: The effect of adding attributes in choice experiments

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 211-230

  Caputo, Vincenzina ^a   Scarpa, Riccardo ^b,c,d   Nayga, Rodolfo M ^e,f,g,h  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^f Korea University   (South Korea)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice design complexity; Choice experiment; Complete panel data approach; Cue and independent food attributes; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; PANEL DATA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 85019738834     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbw022     Document Type: Article

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