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The Impact of Four Alternative Policies to Decrease Soda Consumption
Liu, Yizao; Lopez, Rigoberto A.; Zhu, Chen - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 43 (2014) 1
We examine the impact of four policy options on consumption of carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) by estimating a random …-coefficient discrete-choice model of demand. Policy simulations using demand estimates indicate that the impacts of banning television …
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The Impact of Four Alternative Policies to Decrease Soda Consumption
Liu, Yizao; Lopez, Rigoberto A.; Zhu, Chen - Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics …
We examine the impact of four policy options on consumption of carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) by estimating a random …-coefficient discrete-choice model of demand. Policy simulations using demand estimates indicate that the impacts of banning television …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142646
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Place-Based Economic Policy: Innovation or Fad?
Johnson, Thomas G. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 36 (2007) 1
This paper explores the emerging concept of place-based economic policy. It reviews recent literature on place …-based economics policy, especially regional competitiveness policy, and explores the adoption and diffusion of this concept by … policy and the underlying conceptual foundations lasting innovations, or are they fads which economic development …
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Yield Reserve Program Costs in the Virginia Coastal Plain
Metcalfe, Todd; Bosch, Darrell J.; Pease, James W.; … - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 36 (2007) 2
A proposed Yield Reserve Program designed to compensate farmers for any reduced yields resulting from nitrogen (N) application rates reduced to below recommended rates is evaluated. Assuming that farmers currently follow Extension recommendations for applying N, Yield Reserve Program...
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Comparing Willingness to Pay for Organic, Natural, Locally Grown, and State Marketing Program Promoted Foods in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Onken, Kathryn A.; Bernard, John C.; Pesek Jr., John D. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 40 (2011) 1
A choice experiment of Mid-Atlantic consumers was conducted to determine marginal willingness to pay for the attributes organic, natural, locally grown, and state marketing program promoted for strawberry preserves. The influence of purchasing venue on willingness to pay was also examined....
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Reports of Water Quality Violations Induce Consumers to Buy Bottled Water
Pape, Andreas Duus; Seo, Misuk - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 44 (2015) 1
The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments required that water utilities send quality reports to customers. We test whether receiving such reports of health violations increases purchases of bottled water using newly released data and disaggregate changes in demand at the intensive and...
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Is There a Price Premium for Local Food? The Case of the Fresh Lettuce Market in Hawaii
Xu, Xun; Loke, Matthew K.; Leung, PingSun - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 44 (2015) 1
“Buying local†has become one of the most important trends in food marketing. Despite widespread public attention, the influence of the “local†attribute on food prices is not well understood. We aim to begin to fill this gap in research by exploring the presence of a price...
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Retail Dairy Prices Fluctuate with the Farm Value of Milk
Stewart, Hayden; Blayney, Donald P. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 40 (2011) 2
Farm milk prices tend to be volatile. Dairy farmers, industry pundits, and policymakers further tend to react to price volatility with alarm. One point of concern is the response of retail prices. This study investigates farm-to-retail price transmission in the 2000s for whole milk and cheddar...
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Determining Consumer Perceptions of and Willingness to Pay for Appalachian Grass-Fed Beef: An Experimental Economics Approach
Evans, Jason R.; D'Souza, Gerard E.; Collins, Alan R.; … - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 40 (2011) 2
The focus of the current study was on the market potential for grass-fed beef in the Appalachian region, given that these products embody observed, experiential, nutritional, and process attributes that may appeal to a large consumer base. An in-store variant of the Becker-DeGroot-Marschack...
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Food Safety and Spinach Demand: A Generalized Error Correction Model
Arnade, Carlos Anthony; Kuchler, Fred; Calvin, Linda - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 40 (2011) 2
. This method yields an estimate of the adjustment rate to the policy shock and points to an improved estimate of the … duration of policy impacts. …
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