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Factors Affecting Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Certififed Organic Food Products in United Arab Emirates
Muhammad, Safdar; Fathelrahman, Eihab; Ullah, Rafi Ullah - In: Journal of Food Distribution Research 46 (2015) 1
Organic food consumption is increasing among United Arab Emirates (UAE) consumers in the last few years. This increase is due to high per capita income, more awareness on healthy food and the diverse population. Consumers are willing to pay higher prices for the certified organic food products....
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Consumer valuation of health attributes in food
Smed, Sinne; Hansen, Lars Garn - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
In modern societies consumers often face a trade-off between health and taste, the latter which encourages consumption … of the health value of a given nutrient in different foods combined with decreasing marginal utilities of taste could … of fatty, salty and sweet foods, whereas health awareness discourages consumption of the same food. The resulting diet …
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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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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 …
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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 - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 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/10009020343
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Food QUALITY VERIFICATION: WHO DO CONSUMERS TRUST?
Hobbs, Jill E.; Innes, Brian G.; Uzea, Adrian D. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
Food markets are increasingly characterized by an array of quality assurances with respect to credence attributes, many of which relate to agricultural production methods. A variety of organizations are associated with these quality assurance claims, including private, third party and public...
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An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System 2011
Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
This 2011 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
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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...
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Consumer willingness to pay for food safety: the case of mycotoxins in milk
Sckokai, Paolo; Veneziani, Mario; Moro, Daniele; … - In: Bio-based and Applied Economics Journal (2014) 1
Mycotoxins contamination in food is a serious source of health risks. This paper evaluates the Italian consumersâ …
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The Role of Confidence in Truthful Revelation of Private Values
Parkhurst, Gregory M.; Nowell, Clifford - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 43 (2014) 2
Recent research shows that disparities between willingness to pay (WTP) and willingness to accept (WTA) disappear with market experience and training. In effect, preferences can be refined by eliminating subjects’ misconceptions regarding elicitation procedures. We use a stated measure of...
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