Malnutrition and food deprivation, which are concentrated in poor countries, have been a long-term concern of economists, but as per capita income in developed countries has grown in the 20th century, a new problem of over-nutrition leading to obesity has occurred. This paper develops models of...

Huffman, Wallace E., Matthew Rousu, J.F. Shogren, and A. Tegene. "The Welfare of Implementing Mandatory GM Labeling in the United States," in R.E. Evenson and V. Santaniello, Eds., Consumer Acceptance of Biotechnology Foods, CAB International, forthcoming.

Huffman, W.E. and Abebayehu Tegene. "Public Acceptance of and Benefits from Agricultural Biotechnology: A Key Role for Verifiable Information," in V. Santaniello, R.E. Evenson and D. Zilberman, eds. Market Development for Genetically Modified Foods, CABInternational, 2002, pp. 179-189.

Huffman, W.E. and Abebayehu Tegene. "Public Acceptance of and Benefits from Agricultural Biotechnology: A Key Role for Verifiable Information," in V. Santaniello, R.E. Evenson and D. Zilberman, eds. Market Development for Genetically Modified Foods, CAB International, 2002, pp. 179-189.

Genetically modified (GM) foods have been engulfed in considerable controversy, and the early optimism has been dampened. Information issues--labeling and asymmetric information--are central to the GM-food debate. Furthermore, it is important to understand the reaction in developed countries to...

The high and rapidly rising adult obesity rates in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand are associated with major health risks, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke, and some forms of cancer; large health care costs; and premature deaths annually. For...

This paper presents evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on changes in fat, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on diet’s diversity between 1994 and 2004. The results from a dynamic econometric model suggest that among individual...

This paper integrates theoretical and empirical models to study the rise of human obesity in Russia during the transition from a planned to a market economy. To test our hypotheses we use recent individual-level data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey for 1995 and 2004. Estimation...

This study tests hypothesis derived from the theory of rationing using data for Polish households during the transition. The demand system consists of six commodity groups, and virtual prices are derived for the rationed goods. The empirical results are consistent with the theory: larger...