This study examined consumer attitudes towards food attributes and origins, alongside consumer’s willingness to pay (WTP) for food certified for these attributes in China, India and the UK. The study used surveys including a choice experiment undertaken in each country. The economic impact of...

Microbial pathogens and pesticide residues in food pose a financial burden to society which can be reduced by incurring costs to reduce these food safety risks. We explore three valuation techniques that place a monetary value on food safety risk reductions, and we present a case study for each:...

En los últimos años, en los países desarrollados, existe una mayor preocupación por parte del consumidor por aspectos como la seguridad alimentaria, entendida como la influencia de la alimentación en la salud o sobre el deterioro del medio ambiente. El incremento del consumo de productos...

Does willingness to pay a premium for local specialty food products differ between consumers in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont? Two food categories are investigated: low-end ($5) and high-end ($20) products. Premia estimates are compared across states and across base prices within states...

This book was originally published by Westview Press, Boulder CO, 1995.

This paper reports results from a U.S. national telephone survey on genetically modified foods. The objectives of this paper are to determine the effect of "indifference" response on the estimate of willingness to pay and to test the assumption of common marginal utility of income among respondents.

The aim of this study is to evaluate both qualitatively and quantitatively the value of new information about and the information systems set for credence characteristics of beef. Economics of information is our theoretical framework. The quantitative approach focuses to measure the ex ante...

This study was financed by Project ALCUE-FOOD. Work package 3 (INTA, COPAL, EMBRAPA, CIRAD, CECYT, INIA, INAP). “From European fork to Latin American farm”: an innovative networking platform for EU–LAC partnerships in food quality and safety R&D

This book was originally published by Westview Press, Boulder CO, 1995.

This book was originally published by Westview Press, Boulder CO, 1995.