Corporate Social Responsibility certifications influence consumer preferences and seafood market price

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 178, Issue , 2018, Pages 526-533

  Del Giudice, Teresa ^a   Stranieri, Stefanella ^b   Caracciolo, Francesco ^a   Ricci, Elena Claire ^b   Cembalo, Luigi ^a   Banterle, Alessandro ^b   Cicia, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canned tuna; Consumer; CSR; Revealed preferences

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMICS; FISH; FORESTRY; PUBLIC POLICY; RETAIL STORES;

CANNED TUNAS; CONSUMER; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION; RANDOM UTILITY MODEL; REVEALED PREFERENCE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85041794357     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.276     Document Type: Article

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