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WHO and for how long? : an empirical analysis of the consumers’ response to red meat warning

Carrieri, Vincenzo; Principe, Francesco - 2020

Do health warnings change consumer behaviour? And for how long? We address these questions by studying the effects of the 2015 WHO's warning about the carcinogenic effect of red meat consumption. We use high-frequency data and implement a difference-in-difference-in-differences model which...

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The price penalty on meat substitutes : consumers prefer reduced meat portions over novel meat alternatives and authentic vegetarian dishes : final stage of a registered report

Lemken, Dominic; Langen, Nina - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 3 (2023) 1, pp. 1-27

Due to growing health and environmental problems related to the overconsumption of meat in western diets, we investigated consumer demand for dishes that reduce or replace beef with: (1) plant-based products that mimic the functionality and taste, (2) authentic plant-based ingredients that just...

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Persistent consumer response to a nationwide food safety recall in urban India

Law, Cherry; Cornelsen, Laura - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 2 (2022) 2, pp. 1-21

Little is known about consumer response to food safety recalls in low- and middle- income countries. Using an event-study framework, this paper examines the immediate and long-term changes in noodle purchases after the nationwide removal of Maggi instant noodles from the market in India in 2015....

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Risk Perceptions, Consumer Response and the First U.S. Mad Cow Case

Turvey, Calum G.; Onyango, Benjamin; Schilling, Brian J.; … - 2010

The December 2003 discovery of a BSE infected cow in the USA revealed a vulnerability in the safety of the U.S. Food Supply. This study reports on a nationwide risk perception survey conducted in early January 2004. Survey results showed that U.S. consumers for the most part took the discovery...

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The State and Consumer Confidence in Eco-Labeling : Organic Labeling in Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States

Sønderskov, Kim Mannemar; Daugbjerg, Carsten - 2013

Trustworthy eco-labels provide consumers with valuable information on environmentally friendly products and thus promote green consumerism. But what makes an eco-label trustworthy and what can government do to increase consumer confidence? The scant existing literature indicates that low...

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Consumer acceptance and willingness to pay for cow housing systems in eight European countries

Waldrop, Megan E.; Roosen, Jutta - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 1 (2021) 1, pp. 1-18

Free walk housing systems aim to address major animal health issues for dairy cows and support higher animal welfare … welfare. Focus groups were held to identify the pertinent concepts for an online quantitative survey conducted in eight … welfare and grazing. Results indicate consumers like the compost-bedded system the best followed by the artificial floor …

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Consumption of the Colombian Households, 2006-2007 : Estimations of Demand Systems (El Consumo De Los Hogares Colombianos, 2006-2007: Estimación De Sistemas De Demanda)

Cortes, Darwin F. - 2010

Using household data from the 2006 Income and Expenditure survey, we provide a new estimation of demand systems for Colombia. We estimate three different specifications of demand systems, namely, the Linear Expenditure System (LES), the Extended Linear Expenditure System (ELES) and the Almost...

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Child Expenditure : The Role of Working Mothers, Lone Parents, Sibling Composition and Household Provision

Farrell, Lisa; Shields, Michael A. - 2021

This paper uses detailed diary information from the British Family Expenditure Survey (FES)to investigate the expenditure patterns of school-age children. We estimate a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System, and find that, whilst most commodities are normal goods, sweets and toys are luxury items...

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Assessing differences in household needs : a comparison of approaches for the estimation of equivalence scales using German expenditure data

Dudel, Christian; Garbuszus, Jan Marvin; Schmied, Julian - 2017

Equivalence scales are routinely applied to adjust the income of households of different size and composition. Because of their practical importance for the measurement of inequality and poverty, a large number of methods for the estimation of equivalence scales have been proposed. Until now, no...

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Unpacking a Multi-Faceted Program to Build Sustainable Income for the Very Poor

Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2020

A multi-faceted program comprising a grant of productive assets, training, coaching, and savings has been found to build sustainable income for those in extreme poverty. We focus on two important questions: whether a mere grant of productive assets would generate similar impacts (it does not),...

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