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The Effects of Prices, Advertising, Expenditures, and Demographics on Demand for Nonalcoholic Beverages
Okrent, Abigail M.; MacEwan, Joanna P. - Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics …
We estimate a demand system for ten nonalcoholic beverages to disentangle effects of prices, expenditures, advertising … introduced beverages like soy, rice, and almond drinks, isotonic and energy drinks, and bottled water whereas changes in prices …
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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
can be obtained for consumption.Warning labels notwithstanding, a segment of U.S. consumers pays higher prices for higher …
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 revenue to address obesity-related issues. A related concern is thatchildren’s intake of SSBs, a third that of milk consumption in the late 1970s, now equals milkconsumption....
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
interactions and relative prices on fruit and vegetable consumption by African American youths using rich behavioral data from the … Family and Community Health Study and area-speci…c food prices. We fi…nd the presence of endogenous effects between a youth … and parent,but not between a youth and friend. Lower relative prices of fruits and vegetables tend to increase intakes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443172
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Urban Water Restrictions: Attitudes, Information and Willingness to Pay
Cooper, Bethany; Crase, Lin - 2009
consumption. The extensive adoption of waterrestrictions over several years means that Australian urban water prices have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443667
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EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF THE 2007 RECALL ON THE DEMAND FOR PEANUT BUTTER BRANDS
Bakhtavoryan, Rafael; Capps, Oral; Salin, Victoria - 2011
The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed in February 2007 that a major foodborne illness outbreak was caused by two peanut butter brands, Peter Pan and Great Value, manufactured by ConAgra Foods Inc. at its Sylvester, Georgia, processing plant. As a result, on February 14, 2007, ConAgra...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444569
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Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
Dharmasena, Senarath; Davis, George C.; Capps, Oral - 2011
-sweetened beverages as well as incidence of such tax. We used Nielsen Homescan data on prices and quantities of selected non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444570
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Tobacco Product Demand, Cigarette Taxes, and Market Substitution
Da Pra, Michelle; Arnade, Carlos A. - 2009
This paper presents a model of estimated demand for four tobacco products: cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, and smoking tobacco products. Own elasticities and cross-price elasticities are used to obtain insights into the effectiveness and implications of new policy measures. Of particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444692
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Modelling physical quantities of food and nutrients consumed from aggregate data – with an application to Finland
Irz, Xavier T. - 2009
Anticipating the impact of changes in economic incentives on dietary quality and nutritional health requires knowledge of how physical quantities of food consumed respond to price and income variations. A problem arises, however, because physical quantities are: 1- not consistent aggregates in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444779