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Buying More than Taste? A Latent Class Analysis of Health and Prestige Determinants of Healthy Food
Palma, Marco A.; Ness, Meghan L.; Anderson, David P. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275487
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Effects of U.S. Public Agricultural R&D on U.S. Obesity and its Social Costs
Alston, Julian M.; Okrent, Abigail M.; Parks, Joanna - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
.S. obesity rates? In this paper we investigate the effects of public investment in agricultural R&D on food prices, per capita … calorie consumption, adult body weight, obesity, public health-care expenditures related to obesity, and social welfare. First … predicted changes in food consumption and hence obesity. We find that a 10 percent increase in the stream of annual U.S. public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882124
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Impacts of Food Safety on U.S. Meat Demand
Piggott, Nicholas E.; Marsh, Thomas L. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2001
We investigate the impacts of food safety on a weakly separable U.S. meat demand system (beef, pork, and poultry) using both the Generalized Almost Ideal Demand System (GAIDS) and the Rotterdam model. To measure food safety, indices are constructed based on the number of meat safety articles...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010917834
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Nutrient Demand Elasticities with Noisy Measures of Household Resources
Gibson, John - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999
Many studies suggest that changes in household economic resources (incomes and expenditure) have little effect on nutrient intakes and child malnutrition in developing countries. This paper examines the impact that errors-in-variables have on inferences about the importance of household incomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010908406
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Consumer Attitudes towards Sustainability Attributes on Food Labels
Tait, Peter R.; Miller, Sini; Abell, Walter; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011
Concerns about climate change and the general status of the environment have increased expectation that food products have sustainability credentials, and that these can be verified. There are significant and increasing pressures in key export markets for information on Greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853459
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Drink More Milk: Policies Supporting the Indonesian Dairy Industry
Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
The Indonesian Government believes that milk is good for health, particularly infant health, and has a campaign to encourage consumption of fresh milk. At present per capita consumption of fresh milk, at 12 litres per head per annum, is very low and the Government hopes to double it. Fresh milk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882128
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'Local Milk for Local Schools?': Children Dairy Consumption Behaviours, Willingness to Pay and Health in Indonesia
Permani, Risti; Nuryartono, Nunung; Wardani, Fikria Ulfa; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275485
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CONSUMERS’ PREFERENCES, CREDENCE GOODS AND THE WTO SPS AGREEMENT
MacLaren, Donald - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2003
The SPS Agreement in the WTO exists to regulate the use of import barriers to protect, inter alia, human health. Yet consumers’ preferences for food safety or for other information about food, play no part in the Agreement. The purpose in this paper is to argue that consumers’ preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519267
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HIV/AIDS and South Africa’s Agricultural Sector: Impact on Food Demand
Agbola, Frank W.; Damoense, Maylene Y.; Saini, Yvonne K. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2003
South Africa has one of the highest cases of HIV infections in the world. With the epidemic continuing at an alarming rate, the government of South Africa has regarded the HIV/AIDS epidemic a developmental and socio-economic policy issue. The study explores the impact of HIV/AIDS on food demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519238
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The Effects of the Food Stamp Program on Energy Balance and Obesity
Parks, Joanna C.; Smith, Aaron D.; Alston, Julian M. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011
The Effects of the Food Stamp Program on Energy Balance and Obesity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853495