On March 20, 1996, a day known as Black Wednesday to the British beef industry, the British Secretary of State of Health announced that a possible link existed between BSE and the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the human variant of mad cow. Seven years later, a somewhat comparable fate struck...

Cet article présente les résultats de recherches en économie expérimentale visant à mesurer les propensions à payer d'un échantillon de consommateurs français pour des yaourts fonctionnels. Nous mesurons l'impact de l'information concernant les caractéristiques fonctionnelles des...

This article presents results on the willingness-to-pay of French consumers for functional yogurt, using experimental economics. The impact of information regarding functional characteristics as well as the functional intensity of the products is measured in terms of participation to the market...

Cet article présente les résultats de recherches en économie expérimentale visant à mesurer les propensions d'un échantillon de consommateurs français à payer pour des yaourts fonctionnels. Les auteurs mesurent l'impact de l'information concernant les caractéristiques fonctionnelles des...

"Food products have diversified with industry globalization. To market functional foods efficiently, food managers must gauge cross-cultural variance of functional food acceptance. Expanding on previous research, we investigate young consumers' acceptance of functional foods. Data collected in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to advance knowledge in the area of international joint ventures, more specifically in China. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis considers events prior to 26 April 2006, when the joint venture was announced. Organizations involved are considered...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to study the weather risk management practices of agriculture producers. In particular, the authors look at the extent to which farmers use weather derivatives to complement insurance. Unlike insurance, weather derivatives mitigate risk associated with...

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) has been earning poor financial returns for farmers over the last three years, based on our benchmarking analysis. Reforms are required, including more transparency in reporting financial returns to farmers, and greater accountability on the part of CWB management...

The current function of the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) raises important public policy issues that have implications for wealth redistribution, administrative law, and civil liberty. The CDC's purported economic relevance in Canadian society serves as a facade for a short-sighted management...