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The Impact of Country of Origin Label on Consumers' Willingness-to-Pay for Organic Food
Xie, Jing; Gao, Zhifeng; Zhao, Xin; Swisher, Marilyn E. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021019
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Comparing Perceptions of Biotechnology in Fresh versus Processed Foods: A Cross-Cultural Study
Kim, Hyeyoung; House, Lisa - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
This study focused on investigating how respondents’ perceptions of biotechnology used in food production differs … fresh apples and apple juice produced with and without biotechnology. Comparisons of respondents from six countries were … performed to measure relative attitudes about biotech food. In addition, three types of positive information about biotechnology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916056
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Do Local Production, Organic Certification, Nutritional Claims, and Product Branding Pay in Consumer Food Choices?
Batte, Marvin T.; Hu, Wuyang; Woods, Timothy A.; Stan, Ernst - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
This research furthers the assessment of consumer demand for locally produced foods, while also considering a host of other food attributes that may interact to influence consumer utility. Using stated preference data from a choice-based conjoint analysis survey instrument, we estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020358
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Using Linked Household-level Datasets to Explain Consumer Response to BSE in Canada
Wang, Xin; Maynard, Leigh J.; Butler, J.S. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Household-level Canadian meat purchases from 2002-2008, household-level egg purchases from 2002-2005 and Food Opinion Survey in 2008 were used to understand how consumers who have different concerns about nutrition react to BSE events and how beef consumption after BSE discoveries were shaped by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020711
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Economic Analysis of Increased Levels of Intramuscular Fat in Pork: Producer and Industry Opportunities
Kliebenstein, James B.; Ibarburu, Maro A.; Lawrence, John D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Ultrasound technology is available for accurately measuring intramuscular fat (IMF) in live pigs. This report provides information on the costs for pig producers and processors to implement this technology and what consumers are willing to pay for pork with improved levels of intramuscular fat....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020738
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Consumer's behaviour with respect to meat demand in the presence of animal disease concerns: the special case of consumers who eat bison, elk, and venison
Myae, Aye C.; Goddard, Ellen W. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Prion diseases have raised concerns in consumer’s minds about food safety associated with meat world-wide. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) both exist in Canada and consumer markets for beef, bison, elk and deer may have been affected by the diseases....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020808
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Who Provides Information Matters: The Role of Source Credibility on US Consumers’ Beef Brand Choices
Dentoni, Domenico; Tonsor, Glynn T.; Calantone, Roger J.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Labels, certifications and endorsements signaling the quality of food have an impact on the purchasing choices of multiple segments of US consumers. At the same time, not much is known about the relationships between the sources providing information through these quality signals and consumer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020948
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What Are the Economic Welfare Effects of Local Food Marketing? Exploring Impacts with the Case of Colorado Apples
Hu, Wenjing; Onozaka, Yuko; Thilmany, Dawn D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This paper explores the welfare changes as a result of changes in prices and quantities of Colorado labeled apples relative to domestically produced apples, using equilibrium displacement model with two-regions: Colorado State and the rest of the United States. The results showed that in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021473
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The Effects of Media Coverage of the 2009 Cookie Dough Recall on the Demand for the Brand and the Close Substitutes
Bharad, Abhishek; Harrison, R. Wes; Davis, Christopher - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
Not only does information about food recalls play a vital role in changing the demand for implicated food products, but it also impacts the demand for close substitutes. The study aims to identify the structural change in demand for cookie dough due to the 2009 cookie dough recall of Brand1, one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068597
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The Value of “Made in USA”: Impact of Chinese acquisition of a US Company on Consumer Willingness to Pay
JIN, SHAOSHENG; ZHANG, YU - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
In this study, we explore how the acquisition of Smithfield, the world’s larger pork producer, by a Chinese firm Shuanghui, on Chinese consumers’ WTP to meat product using experimental auctions. We conducted two sets of experiments, one when the acquisition was still pending approval and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068810