Willingness to pay for insect-based food: The role of information and carrier

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 72, Issue , 2019, Pages 177-187

  Lombardi, Alessia ^a   Vecchio, Riccardo ^a   Borrello, Massimiliano ^a   Caracciolo, Francesco ^a   Cembalo, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Individual and community benefits; Lab experiment; Multiple Price List; Non hypothetical

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055912326     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.10.001     Document Type: Article

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