Market intermediaries' willingness to pay for apple, peach, cherry, and strawberry quality attributes

Agribusiness

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 259-280

  Gallardo, R Karina ^a   Li, Huixin ^b   Mccracken, Vicki ^c   Yue, Chengyan ^d   Luby, James ^d   Mcferson, James R ^e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JPMorgan Chase   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 85028226813     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21396     Document Type: Article

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