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This paper presents an empirical analysis of the relationship between the expansion of food retailing in developing countries and hunger index. Our analysis found mixed results between the expansion of food retailing and hunger index for four different countries. These results demonstrate...
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that consumers who are at high household income level (above $80,000) and with a smaller household size are likely to pay …
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This paper examines the reference-dependent and labelling effects when consumers make choices about functional foods … labelling (health claim) policies, which could influence consumer preferences by changing consumers’ reference points. …
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This paper is Selected for presentation at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31-February 3, 2009. The research is partially funded by ERS/USDA China Project and Social Science Fund of Jiangsu Province in China. The authors are grateful for...
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consumers are increasingly diverse and have heterogeneous preferences that reflect their unique values and preferences (Thilmany … nationwide survey of consumers to investigate the role of public benefits assigned to sustainable food products manifesting in a …
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and still be accepted by consumers as local and is "local" equally important across food categories. Using survey data … from two states in the USA, this research found that consumers’ accepted food travel distance may be much shorter than what … is generally believed. In addition, there exists a great variation in the importance rating consumers attach to “being …
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Using the choice-based conjoint analysis and self explicated approach, I elicited South Korean millers’ preference and willingness to pay for the quality characteristics of hard white wheat that is used in producing all-purpose flour. In specified seven attributes, test weight, moisture, and...
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Consumer expenditures on purchases of food away from home have risen in recent years to nearly half of consumer food budgets. Using the monthly National Restaurant Association Restaurant Performance Index, we seek to determine the factors that influence this index. Macroeconomic factors and...
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This study uses data from a 2006 survey on potential AI outbreak in USA to explore application of risk perceptions as a segmentation tool in the poultry meat market. Preliminary results from principal component analysis (PCA) suggest that the poultry meat specific safety level will drive people...
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The cookie consumption and purchase characteristics of households were investigated in six cities in Uganda using household survey data. Cookies can be fortified with vitamins to improve child nutrition. The application of a Logit model permitted the identification of factors significantly...
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