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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443172
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The Effects of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: Consumption, Calorie Intake, Obesity, and Tax Burden by Income
Lin, Biing-Hwan; Smith, Travis A; Lee, Jonq-Ying - 2010
Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages has been proposed as a means to reduce calorie intake, improve diet and health, and … generate revenue that governments can use to address the obesity-caused health and economic burden. Two beverage demand systems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446096
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Would Subsidizing a Food Pathogen Vaccine Upset the Food Policy Applecart
Marette, Stephan; Roe, Brian E.; Teisl, Mario F. - 2010
Vaccines against several common foodborne pathogens are being developed and could substantially alter the policy tools available to address foodborne illness. However, little analysis is available to suggest how social welfare would be affected by these new vaccines. To address this void, we use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446134
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Non-Credit Services of Group-Based Financial Institutions: Implications for Smallholder Women’s Honey Income in Arid and Semi Arid Lands of Kenya
Otieno, Peter Shimon; Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo; Mugivane, … - 2008
This paper analyses the effect of non-credit services of joint liability credit institutions on smallholder women beekeepers’ honey income. The non-credit services offered to the beekeepers are mainly enterprise development services (training on marketing, business, production and subsector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446370