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Determinants of Decision to Pay a Price Premium for Modified Food by Consumers of the Republic of Korea
Kaya, Ozgur; Florkowski, Wojciech J.; Suh, Dong-Kyun - 2010
supports the development of public health strategies. This study applies survey data collected in Korea to identify consumer … health problems (stroke, certain cancers), food being organic, support for food genetic modification or research, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446074
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Benefit Evaluation of the Country of Origin Labeling in Taiwan: Results from Auction Experiment
Chern, Wen S.; Chang, Chun-Yu - 2009
This research is aimed at investigating the consumer’s preference for food produced in Taiwan and the economic benefits for the country of origin labeling. The study uses both experimental auction and contingent valuation method (CVM) to investigate factors that affect the consumer’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444694
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THE ROLE OF LABELLING IN CONSUMERS’ FUNCTIONAL FOOD CHOICES
Zou, Ning Ning; Hobbs, Jill E. - 2010
Canada the regulatory environment governing health claims for functional food products issomewhat more restrictive than in … informed choices about foods with enhanced health attributes.The degree to which a particular jurisdiction permits health … claims for food products and the type of allowable health claim influence the information set available to consumers. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445859
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ASYMMETRY IN RAW MILK SAFETY PERCEPTIONS AND INFORMATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR RISK IN FRESH PRODUCE MARKETING AND POLICY
Knutson, Ronald D.; Currier, Russell W.; Ribera, Luis; … - 2010
Scientific evidence clearly indicates that consumption of raw milk carries substantialdisease-inducing health risks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442762
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Nutritional & Health Claimed Products Market Development in Serbia: Exploration of Findings Obtained from In Depth Interviews
Stojanovic, Zaklina; Ognjanov, Galjina; … - 2010
The main objective of this paper is to present the most relevant findings obtained from in depthinterviews with processors and retailers about the N&H claimed products market in Serbia. Inour research we addressed the following set of topics: motivations and barriers to offer N&Hclaimed products...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442763
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Effects of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage and Subsidizing Milk: Beverage Consumption, Nutrition, and Obesity among US Children
Lin, Biing-Hwan; Smith, Travis A.; Lee, Jonq-Ying - 2010
Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been proposed as a means to improve U.S. dietand health and generate … 20-percent milk price subsidy would have on the diet and health ofAmerican children. We estimated US beverage demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442764
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Effects of Family, Friends, and Relative Prices on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by African American Youths
Zhylyevskyy, Oleksandr; Jensen, Helen H.; Garasky, Steven B. - 2011
Family and Community Health Study and area-speci…c food prices. We fi…nd the presence of endogenous effects between a youth …. Results suggest that health interventions targeting a family member may be an effective way to increase fruit and vegetable …
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EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF THE 2007 RECALL ON THE DEMAND FOR PEANUT BUTTER BRANDS
Bakhtavoryan, Rafael; Capps, Oral; Salin, Victoria - 2011
The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed in February 2007 that a major foodborne illness outbreak was caused by two peanut butter brands, Peter Pan and Great Value, manufactured by ConAgra Foods Inc. at its Sylvester, Georgia, processing plant. As a result, on February 14, 2007, ConAgra...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444569
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Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
Dharmasena, Senarath; Davis, George C.; Capps, Oral - 2011
The current obesity crisis in the United States is generating numerous alternative policy options for combating the problem. One alternative that has been widely proposed is an excise or sales tax on sugar-sweetened non-alcoholic beverages. This literature started out within a very simple...
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Food Safety and Spinach Demand: A Shock Correction Model
Arnade, Carlos A.; Calvin, Linda; Kuchler, Fred - 2009
This paper generalizes the standard error correction model and applies this more general modeling procedure to an analysis of the spinach e-coli outbreak on consumer demand.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444693