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A Two-Stage Choice Experiment Approach to Elicit Consumer Preferences
Gao, Zhifeng; Yu, Xiaohua - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Another version will replace the current draft
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021526
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Marketing, cooperatives and price heterogeneity: evidence from the CIS dairy sector
Sauer, Johannes; Gorton, Matthew; White, John - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Drawing on survey data, this paper identifies the determinants of variations in farm gate milk prices for three CIS … marketing cooperative has a significant, positive, albeit modest, effect on farm gate milk prices. In all three countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021539
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The Impact of the New York State Retail Milk Price Regulation on Farm-to-Retail Price Transmission and Supermarket Pricing Strategies in Metropolitan Fluid Milk Markets
Bolotova, Yuliya; Novakovic, Andrew M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
The New York State Milk Price Gouging Law establishes that the retail prices of fluid milk products are not to exceed … 200% of the prices that NYS milk processors pay for Class I milk. The enforcement of this law significantly affected the … nature of the Class I fluid milk price transmission process and the milk pricing strategies of supermarkets in the five …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024953
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Hog Insurance Adoption and Suppliers' Discrimination: A Bivariate Probit Model with Partial Observability
Cao, Ying; Zhang, Yuehua - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This paper explores the factors that impact insurance choices. Specially designed survey questions allow one to fully observe the demand tendency by the farmers and partially observe the supply tendency by the insurance company. A joint estimation of insurance decision by both supply and demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002473
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Pigs in Cyberspace: A Natural Experiment Testing Differences between Online and Offline Club-Pig Auctions
Roe, Brian E.; Wyszynski, Timothy E. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
We find sale prices and net revenues received by sellers in the Midwestern club pig market are higher at traditional face-to-face auctions than at comparable Internet auctions. The comparison overcomes adverse selection issues that commonly plague such analyses by using data from sellers that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002533
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Learning by Doing, Risk Aversion and Use of Risk Management Strategies
Uematsu, Hiroki; Ashok, Mishra K. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Using a national survey, double hurdle models are estimated to examine the impact of farmers’ risk attitude on use of production and marketing contracts. Risk averse farmers are less likely to use contracts but risk attitude does not have any significant impact on the intensity at which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020981
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Dynamic Price Relationships in the Grain and Cattle Markets, Pre and Post-Ethanol Mandate
Tejeda, Hernan A.; Goodwin, Barry K. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This paper determines the dynamic interaction between prices of corn, soybean, grain sorghum (milo), wheat, feeder cattle and live (fed) cattle by taking into account the surge in corn consumption stemming from the boost of mandated ethanol production. Corn is a major carbohydrate-feed component...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020996
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Dynamic Assessment of Bertrand Oligopsony in the U.S. Cattle Procurement Market
Ji, In Bae; Chung, Chanjin - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
The new empirical industrial organization approach with the Bertrand model is employed to measure the oligopsony market power in the U.S. cattle procurement market. The assumption of price competition (Bertrand model) based on the nature of cattle production such as cattle cycle and seasonality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021095
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U.S. Consumers’ Preference and Willingness to Pay for Country-of-Origin-Labeled Beef Steak and Food Safety Enhancements
Lim, Kar Ho; Maynard, Leigh J.; Hu, Wuyang; Goddard, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
The mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) troubles beef exporters to the U.S. This study evaluates the extent that U.S. consumers are receptive to imported steak and their perception of food safety level of beef from various countries. In addition, using conjoint analysis, willingness to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021123
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Consumer Support for Food Tracing with RFID Technology
Larson, Ronald B.; Rana, Kulmani - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Foodborne illness continues to be a significant problem and food traceability may help reduce the number and severity of outbreaks. One technology that could improve food tracing is radio frequency identification tags or RFID. However, some consumers may oppose the use of this technology because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021209