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Table 6 Average values of the individual parameters and WTPs for distinct groups of respondents

From: Pay more for me, I’m from the mountains! The role of the EU Mountain Product term and other credence attributes in consumers’ valuation of lamb meat

Grouping variable

Group

Price

Sheep breed

Mountain Product

Grazing practice

βn

βn

WTPn

βn

WTPn

βn

WTPn

Lamb meat consumption

No

 − 0.54a

1.18a

3.27a

1.32a

3.52a

0.93a

2.53a

Unspecified breed

 − 0.44b

1.23ab

4.25b

1.34a

4.50b

0.93a

3.16b

Local breeds

 − 0.37c

1.27b

5.52c

1.35a

5.63c

0.96a

4.10c

Knowledge of local breeds

No

 − 0.47a

1.21a

3.91a

1.33a

4.15a

0.93a

2.94a

Yes

 − 0.40b

1.26b

5.11b

1.35a

5.28b

0.95a

3.81b

Knowledge of MP term

No

 − 0.46a

1.23a

4.18a

1.31a

4.29a

0.94a

3.14a

Yes

 − 0.40b

1.24a

4.92b

1.39b

5.27b

0.94a

3.66b

Mountain resident

No

 − 0.44a

1.22a

4.36a

1.35a

4.64a

0.94a

3.29a

Yes

 − 0.42a

1.26a

4.90a

1.30a

4.82a

0.94a

3.56a

  1. Superscript letters indicate whether the group means are statistically different at the 5% level, according to a Tukey test or a t test