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Consumer income and its relation to sustainable food consumption – obstacle or opportunity?

Mária CsutoraDepartment of Environmental Economics and Technology, Research Centre for Sustainability Indicators, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Budapest1093, Fővám tér 8, Hungary
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Zsófia Vetőné MóznerDepartment of Environmental Economics and Technology, Research Centre for Sustainability Indicators, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Budapest1093, Fővám tér 8, HungaryCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 512-518 | Received 22 Jul 2014, Accepted 10 Sep 2014, Published online: 05 Nov 2014

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