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Trust as a Determinant of Consumer Behaviour in Germany
Dierks, Leef H. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2006
Against the background of diverse food scandals this article investigates the role of trust as a determinant of … consumer behaviour in Germany. As empirical analyses indicate the impact of trust on consumer behaviour in a quotidian and … presumably safe setting is to be neglected. In the environment of a food scandal, however, trust proves to be a crucial element …
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Trust as a Determinant of Consumer Behaviour in Food Safety Crises
Dierks, Leef H.; Hanf, C.-Hennig - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
Based on an enhancement of Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behaviour, this article investigates German consumers' trust in … different sources of information. Moreover, it discusses the settings and the extent to which consumers' trust influences … incidence such as bird flu . Results indicate that both the consumers' attitude and their trust in suppliers of information is a …
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Would Subsidizing a Food Pathogen Vaccine Upset the Food Policy Applecart
Marette, Stephan; Roe, Brian E.; Teisl, Mario F. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 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/10009020582
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Actions towards food safety: choosing labels or self-protection
Quan, Shiwen; Chen, Yuan; Zeng, Yinchu - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
This paper constructs a theoretical framework of consumers’ label-choosing and self-protection behaviors when meeting their demand for food safety. With data collected from a survey on vegetable consumers in Beijing, we employ a bivariate Tobit model to make empirical analyses. The results...
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A non-compensatory choice modeling analysis of Japanese consumers’ preferences for beef: A choice experiment approach
Aizaki, Hideo; Sawada, Manabu; Sato, Kazuo; Kikkawa, Toshiko - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
The purpose of this paper is to examine, using choice experiments, the Japanese consumers’ valuation of domestic Wagyu beef, domestic dairy beef, Australian beef, and US beef when considering their bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) test status. Some Japanese consumers give high priority...
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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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Potential Impacts of Foodborne Illness Incidences on Market Movements and Prices of Fresh Produce in the U.S.
Palma, Marco A.; Ribera, Luis A.; Bessler, David A.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42 (2010) 04
This study investigates the potential impacts of food safety outbreaks on domestic shipments, imports, and prices of the produce industry. Three case studies were analyzed to assess these potential impacts: the cantaloupe outbreak of March–April 2008, the spinach outbreak of September...
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Australian consumers' willingness to pay and willingness to purchase a hypothetical lower cholesterol pork product
Bellhouse, Amy; Malcolm, Bill; Griffith, Garry R.; … - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 18 (2010)
This study investigated whether there would be an increase in consumer willingness to pay and purchase if reduced cholesterol pork was introduced to the Australian market. A stated choice analysis was used, with the following questions addressed. How are current purchases of fresh pork affected...
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Pastoral Farmer Goals and Intensification Strategies
Small, Bruce; Murphy-McIntosh, Andrea; Waters, Warwick; … - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005
Focus groups were held with four pastoral sectors (sheep, dairy, deer, and beef) to investigate intensification strategies available to each sector. Focus groups first identified drivers of intensification in their sector, then identified the strategies they perceived as available, and evaluated...
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Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link
Hoang Dinh, Quoc; Dufhues, Thomas; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
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