Willingness to Pay for Reduced Risk of Foodborne Illness: A Nonhypothetical Field Experiment
"This paper focuses on estimating willingness to pay for reducing risk of getting foodborne illness using a nonhypothetical field experiment utilizing real food products (i.e., ground beef ), real cash, and actual exchange in a market setting. Respondents were given information about the nature of food irradiation. Single-bounded and one and one-half bounded models are developed using dichotomous choice experiments. Our results indicate that individuals are willing to pay for a reduction in the risk of foodborne illness once informed about the nature of food irradiation. Our respondents are willing to pay a premium of about $0.77 for a pound of irradiated ground beef, which is higher than the cost to irradiate the product." Copyright 2006 Canadian Agricultural Economics Society.
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2006
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Authors: | Nayga, Rodolfo M. ; Woodward, Richard ; Aiew, Wipon |
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Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. - Canadian Agricultural Economics Society - CAES. - Vol. 54.2006, 4, p. 461-475
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Canadian Agricultural Economics Society - CAES |
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