Food safety scares have led to loss of consumer confidence in the quality and safety of beef products in Europe. To counteract such concerns, firms and regulators can use brands or labels to signal quality. Using data from mail surveys in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, we analyze...

German milk brands have come under significant price pressure due to the introduction of retail labels at the lower price end and of organic milk as a premium product. This analysis provides elasticity estimates by milk types and analyzes sociodemographic determinants of demand. A censored...

Beef is a heterogenous commodity, which makes it difficult to compare beef prices on an international level. This article evaluates several methods of comparing beef prices for use in measuring both comparative advantage and the rate of protection. The most suitable method is one that compares...

Spain is currently experiencing changes that have influenced its food markets. These changes affect the selection and purchase of convenience goods in Spain. Spanish household expenditures for convenience meats are modeled in a two-stage process, explicitly accounting for the value of women's...

China has emerged as a large beer producer and barley importer but few empirical studies have been reported. This study estimates demand elasticities for alcoholic beverages and tea, using China's urban household survey data, and investigates major sources of the rapid growth in China's beer...

EconLit Citations: Q18, I18, L51 © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Agribusiness 23: 153-156, 2007.

Pork is an agricultural commodity that is marketed in different forms, and this makes it difficult to compare pork prices on an international level. Yet relative international prices are used in evaluating trade potential and policies. This article evaluates several methods of comparing pork...

Corn markets are important for many industries, including the seed, fertilizer, meat production/processing, and agricultural machinery sectors, all of which are highly concentrated. Oligopoly theory suggests that corn input and field equipment suppliers likely benefit from policies that support...