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for sugar and for sugar in soft drinks was analyzed. Using a bivariate ordered probit model, it was discovered that high … levels of consumer ethnocentrism and consumer patriotism positively impacted consumers’ preference that sugar and sugar in … soft drinks should be labeled with country of origin information. …
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purchase decisions. This study therefore, assessed the consumers’ willingness-to-pay for fortified sugar using choice … experiment approach, on a sample of 162 sugar consumers drawn from Western Kenya. The results revealed that consumers are willing … to pay positive premiums for fortified sugar attributes, except the attribute involving a colour change from white …
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The EU and U.S. have historically been insulated from volatilities in the world sugar market. This paper reviews … changes in WTO and regional trade agreements and interactions with domestic policies. A framework is developed to analyze the … competitive positions of these sugar industries given world sugar policy reforms. …
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between sugar and fat nutrients implied by a complete food demand system and by conditioning on how food taxes affect total … low-sugar items for rich food items within the same food group. This substitution is integrated into a demand system in …
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In order to reduce obesity and associated costs, policymakers are considering various policies, including taxes, to change consumers’ high-calorie consumption habits. We investigate two sweet tax policies aimed at reducing added sweetener consumption. Both a consumption tax on sweet goods and...
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The EU reforms will increase the Caribbean sugar price, but will not affect the U.S. sugar industry. If liberalization … occurs based on the WTO-DDA, U.S. wholesale sugar price will decrease from 24.89 to 23.79 cents per pound. It is also … expected the Caribbean price to increase from 8.7 to 12.1 cents per pound. Key Words: Sugar, Liberalization, EU Reform, Doha …
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information about daily purchases and social and demographic characteristics of more than 1,100 households. We find that consumers … who prefer milk with a high fat content do not react to information about health effects, but can be influenced by prices …, while consumers who prefer milk with a low share of fat are influenced by information, but are less price sensitive …
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new information about and the information systems set for credence characteristics of beef. Economics of information is … information-based policies in Finland, which will increase the credence characteristics of beef quality and safety. First, the … the transparency and traceability of beef products in the supply chain. Through these systems more information about the …
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, willingness to pay, reaction to new information), and underline some significant links. …
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information about the extent to which the local stock of groundwater depends on the extraction histories at nearby wells. A novel … hydrologic information may allow non-cooperative users to achieve maximum social welfare even in the absence of groundwater use … regulations. Yet, in an asymmetric aquifer there may be both winners and losers from better public information. …
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