Willingness-to-pay for sustainability-labelled chocolate: An experimental auction approach

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 335-342

  Vecchio, Riccardo ^a   Annunziata, Azzurra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Becker Degroot Marschak auctions; Sustainability labels; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLY;

BECKER-DEGROOT-MARSCHAK AUCTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL AUCTIONS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; RAINFOREST ALLIANCE; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; YOUNG CONSUMERS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85027927488     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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