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regression results show that tasting raised bids for Taiwan and China teas, but lowered bids for Vietnam tea. The econometric …This study attempts to evaluate the economic benefits of the country of origin labeling (COOL) in Taiwan. A Vickrey … second-price sealed-bid auction was conducted to estimate the consumer’s willingness to pay for Taiwan products vs. those …
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Replaced with revised version of paper 06/19/07.
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The objective of this paper is to investigate the differences in yield production, production efficiency, and yield risk for farmers with and without off-farm work. Using a nationwide survey of Taiwanese rice farmers, we estimate a stochastic production frontier model accommodating the technical...
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Taiwan. Results showed that risk perceptions, overall knowledge and some socio-demographic characteristics were profound in …
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sampling scheme following the distribution of gender and age in three major metropolitan areas in Taiwan, including Taipei …
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We examine current rice policies in four major Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan), their relationship to … Taiwan, we examine how existing support policies could be changed to reduce domestic distortions and satisfy WTO commitments … allow greater market orientation in Taiwan’s rice market, while satisfying food security and farm income support objectives. …
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In this paper we use content analysis to show trend in public opinion of agrobiotechnology in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). We test for the degree of positive and negative content in mass media reporting over the period 1995-1998. Specifically, we test whether there are...
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Nutrition is an important food marketing differentiation criterion. There is growing evidence of the relation between diets and health conditions. Thus there is a potential conflict between industry and public health authorities over the use of nutrition labels. Understanding industry...
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This study estimated the impact of nutrition information provided by popular media on consumers’ purchases in U.S. grocery stores, taking omega-3 fortified eggs as an example. The media index was constructed from multiple information sources by utilizing computer-coded content analysis. Their...
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Internet marketing has gained attention as a new medium to advertise food products to children. This study examines the prevalence of food marketing during children's television programs that are available on the internet. While food is the largest product category advertised, commercials make...
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