Consumers' climate-impact estimations of different food products

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 172, Issue , 2018, Pages 1646-1653

  Shi, Jing ^a   Visschers, Vivianne H M ^a   Bumann, Noëmi ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consumer estimated climate impact; Country of origin; Food products; Mode of transport; Production practice; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; CRUDE OIL; FORECASTING; STATISTICS;

CARBON EMISSION PRICES; FORECAST ENCOMPASSING; IMPLIED VOLATILITY; INFORMATION CONTENTS; JUMPS; MODELING AND FORECASTING; OUTLIERS; VOLATILITY FORECASTS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 85038830001     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.11.140     Document Type: Article

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