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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
LONG-RUN EFFECTS FROM CONSUMER REACTION TO THE SPREAD OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENS: THE CASE OF E. COLI CONTAMINATION OF BEEF AT JACK IN THE BOX RESTAURANTS
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| Autores: |
Zhen, Chen
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| Data: |
2009-06-18
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| Ano: |
2009
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| Palavras-chave: |
Food safety
Habit persistence
Linear rational expectations model
Demand and Price Analysis
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
D12
D18
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| Resumo: |
Using news coverage of food safety as an indicator of public attention to food pathogen issues in meat products, we found the 1993 E. coli O157:H7 contamination of hamburgers likely permanently changed consumers' perception of beef safety. A food consumption model with rational habit persistence is developed to examine whether consumers make forward-looking consumption decisions accounting for expectations of future food safety. We document clear evidence of forward-looking consumption behavior, which suggests that government regulations implemented subsequent to the 1993 event to protect consumers from ignorance or cognitive defects may be ineffective.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/51341
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China
Contributed Paper
593
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| Formato: |
32
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