Consumers’ Valuation for European food quality labels: Importance of Label Information Provision
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Copyright 2011 by [Vincenzina Caputo, Maria Carmela Aprile, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.]. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies.
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