Governmental and private certification labels for organic food: Consumer attitudes and preferences in Germany

Food Policy

Volumn 49, Issue P2, 2014, Pages 437-448

  Janssen, Meike ^a   Hamm, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Label awareness; Mixed logit models; Organic food; Trust in labels

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD POLICY; ORGANIC FARMING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

GERMANY;

EID: 85027922978     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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