This paper uses a structural model of household food waste to discuss how the jointness of meal production, consumption …, and time allocation decisions, are important in understanding potential drivers of household food waste. We discuss how … empiricists can utilize the model for empirical applications. We apply one such application to household-level data of food stock …

sectors of the economy, influence government policy. In particular, this paper focuses on the rise of food prices and a … greater level of influence of a food sector lobby, relative to other political lobbies- and general consumer welfare …. Governments, when considering their objectives, must consider food security along with consumer welfare and the objectives of …