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Welfare Impacts of Rising Food Prices in Rural Ethiopia: a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System Approach
Uregia, Nigussie Tefera; Desta, Mulat Demeke; Rashid, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Ethiopia has experienced high food prices, especially since 2005. This paper examines the welfare impacts of rising …, compared to the earlier period of 1994 - 2004. The results have shown that the price hikes in recent years increased welfare …). The welfare gains further improved to 18% for the high price period and 7.2% for the low price period with substitution …
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The Impact of Rising Food Prices on the Poor
Zezza, Alberto; Davis, Benjamin; Azzarri, Carlo; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
This paper analyzes the household level impact of an increase in price of major tradable staple foods in a cross section of developing countries, using nationally representative household surveys. We find that, in the short term, poorer households and households with limited asset endowments and...
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Avian Influenza outbreaks and poultry production mitigation strategies in the U.S.
Mu, Jianhong H.; McCarl, Bruce A. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
In this paper, two AI mitigation strategies are examined, quarantine and vaccination. Meanwhile, associated welfare … changes are evaluated by using FASOM. Results found that changes of total national welfare of U.S are insignificant with or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368317
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Food consumption patterns and distributional welfare impact of import tariff reduction on cereals in Kenya
Musyoka, MP; Kavoi, Mutuku Muendo; Omiti, JM - In: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 09 (2014) 3
/2006 household budget data. The results are used to evaluate the distributional welfare effects of import tariff reduction on three … influence patterns of rural and urban household food demand. Furthermore, import tariff reduction has a progressive welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168300
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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
Scientific evidence clearly indicates that consumption of raw milk carries substantialdisease-inducing health risks. While federal U.S. policy mandates that milk moving in interstatecommerce be pasteurized; within 41 of 50 states, raw milk can be obtained for consumption.Warning labels...
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....
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DETERMINANTS OF THE DEMAND FOR ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL FRESH MILK IN GERMANY– AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
Schrock, Rebecca - 2010
An increasing number of studies deals with consumer decisions regarding organic food, but only a few provide quantitative estimates of price and income elasticities. This paper contributes to the existing literature by providing own-price elasticity estimates as well as an analysis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445847
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PRICE REACTIONS AND ORGANIC PRICE PREMIUMS FOR PRIVATE LABEL AND BRANDED MILK
Zhuang, Yan; Dimitri, Carolyn; Jaenicke, Edward C. - 2010
Using Nielsen Homescan data set from 52 markets in the United States, this paper assesses the price interactions among the four fluid milk categories (organic private label, organic national brand, non-organic private label and non-organic national brand), how demographic variables and product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445848
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THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF A FISCAL FOOD POLICY
Salois, Matthew J.; Tiffin, Richard - 2010
This paper examines the health effects of a fiscal food policy based on a combinationof fat taxes and thin subsidies. The fat tax is based on the saturated fat content of fooditems while the thin subsidy is applied to select fruit and vegetbale items. The policy is designed to be revenue neutral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445849