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THE ROLE OF PRODUCTION METHODS IN FRUIT PURCHASING BEHAVIOUR: HYPOTHETICAL VS ACTUAL CONSUMERS’ PREFERENCES AND STATED MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moser,   Riccarda; Raffaelli,   Roberta; Notaro,   Sandra.
In recent years, concerns for potential risks on human health related to the overuse of chemical pesticides have encouraged research of alternatives production methods as integrated pest management (IPM) and organic agriculture. Consumer preferences for these practices or for new product characteristics often have been evaluated using stated preference techniques such as Choice Experiment (CE). Nevertheless, it has been found that in these surveys respondents generally report higher hypothetical than real willingness to pay, providing the existence of the so-called “hypothetical bias”. While the presence of this bias has been widely reported in Contingent Valuation, its investigation in CE is still at the beginning. Moreover, in most of the cases, the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fruit purchasing behaviour; Production methods; Mitigation practices; Hypothetical bias; Real choice experiment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; C35; Q18; D12; C93.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116426

Fuzzy Logic and Preference Uncertainty in Non-market Valuation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sun,   Lili; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
In seeking to value environmental amenities and public goods, individuals often have trouble trading off the (vague) amenity or good against a monetary measure. Valuation in these circumstances can best be described as fuzzy in terms of the amenity valued, perceptions of property rights, and the numbers chosen to reflect values. In this paper, we apply fuzzy logic to contingent valuation, employing a fuzzy clustering approach for incorporating preference uncertainty obtained from a follow-up certainty confidence question. We develop a Fuzzy Random Utility Maximization (FRUM) framework where the perceived utility of each individual is fuzzy in the sense that an individual’s utility belongs to each cluster to some degree. The model is then applied to a...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Random utility maximization and fuzzy logic; Contingent valuation and preference uncertainty; C-means clustering; Forest conservation; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q51; C35.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37021

Beef Labeling After BSE: Do Consumers Care about BSE Testing and GMO Labeling? Evidence from Canada and the US
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Steiner,   Bodo E.; Yang,   Jun.
Following the May 2003 Canadian BSE case, food safety issues have become even more prominent to policymakers and consumers. In both Canada and the US, governments and industry have responded with a variety of quality assurance, traceability and labeling schemes. However, there is little information available on the extent to which consumer perceptions differ regionally across North America towards labeling schemes. This paper attempts to fill this gap, by providing results on a variety of beef labeling strategies from choice experiments that were conducted in Alberta (Canada) and Montana (US). The analysis focuses on consumers' perceptions towards negative voluntary labeling with regard to BSE testing, genetically modified organisms (GMO) and the use of...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Multinomial logit; Beef labeling; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; L66; C35.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6836

An Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Choice of Coastal Recreational Activities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paudel,   Krishna P.; Caffey,   Rex H.; Devkota,   Nirmala.
A visitor’s decision to use a particular recreational site is influenced by the individual’s taste as well as the characteristics of the site. For this reason, improved knowledge of the visitors’ interests and factors influencing their choices are vital for both planning and policy formulations in coastal development. This study examines visitor characteristics and desired site specific characteristics in order to determine the factors affecting use of the Louisiana coast for specific recreational purposes. We use a multinomial logit model and internet survey data to evaluate the factors affecting individuals’ decisions to visit coastal Louisiana for a specific use. Results suggest that the major variables affecting the choice of coastal recreational...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Coastal recreation; Destination use preference; Multinomial logit; Environmental Economics and Policy; C35; Q26.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104616

Retail and Wholesale Market Power in Organic Foods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Acharya,   Ram N.; Molina,   Ignacio.
The demand for organic fresh fruits and vegetable continues to grow at a rate far higher than the rest of the produce industry.  The cost of meeting organic certification standards, however, has meant that supply has been slow to adjust.  With limited supply, we hypothesize that organic suppliers enjoy more market power in bargaining over their share of the retail-production cost margin for fresh apples.  We test this hypothesis using a random parameters, generalized extreme value demand model (mixed logit) combined with a structural model of retail and wholesale pricing that allows conduct to vary by product attributes (organic or non-organic) and time. We find that organic growers do indeed earn a larger share of the total margin than non-organic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organics; Market power; Mixed logit; Game theory; Non-linear pricing.; Industrial Organization; C35; D12; D43; L13; L41; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49329

A Choice Modelling Approach for Assessment of Use and Quasi-Option Values in Urban Planning for Areas of Environmental Interest
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Strazzera,   Elisabetta; Cherchi,   Elisabetta; Ferrini,   Silvia.
This study adopts a discrete choice modelling methodology to evaluate individuals’ preferences over planning alternatives for an urban site of environmental interest. Since such projects involve some uncertainty and irreversibility, a special attention is devoted to the estimation of the quasi-option values which are associated to project development. Two distinct measures for the quasi-option value are estimated, and both coefficients indicate that the public places a significant value on reduction of the possibility of adverse irreversible effects: a more prudent development strategy is valued about four times more than a procedure that provides a lesser hedge against undesired outcomes. Furthermore, the study involved elicitation of intertemporal...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Urban Planning; Environmental Values; Choice Modelling; Use Values; Quasi-option Values; Discounting; C35; Q51; R41.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42903

What Motivates Farms to Associate? The Case of Two Competing Czech Agricultural Associations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bavorova,   Miroslava; Curtiss,   Jarmila.
The study investigates determinants of affiliation with the two strongest associations in Czech agriculture. These represent Agricultural Association grouping large-scale enterprises and Association of Private Farmers, respectively. Our objective is to analyze whether associations with different types of members (large-scale enterprises vs. private farmers) experience different motives for joining or lapsing. Moreover, we investigate if there are characteristics of the associations' members which positively correlate to membership. The results imply that political lobbying is the main entry incentive for both large-scale enterprises and individual farmers. Informal information exchange is a more significant motivation for private farmers than for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Associations; Agricultural enterprises; Czech agriculture; Selective incentives; Individual farms; Transition; Farm Management; D71; D72; D73; L14; L21; L22; C35.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25770

Participation in Off-Farm Employment, Risk Preferences, and Weather Variability: The Case of Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bezabih,   Mintewab; Gebreegziabher,   Zenebe; GebreMedhin,   Liyousew; Kohlin,   Gunnar.
This article assesses the relative importance of risk preferences and rainfall availability on households’ decision to engage in off-farm employment. Devoting time for off-farm activities, while it helps households earn additional incomes, involves a number of uncertainties. Unique panel data from Ethiopia which includes experimentally generated risk preference measures combined with longitudinal rainfall data is used in the analysis. An off farm participation decision and activity choice showed that both variability and reduced availability of rainfall as well as neutral risk preferences increase the likelihood of off-farm participation. From policy perspective, the results imply that expanding off farm opportunities could act as safety nets in the face...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Off-farm employment; Labor supply; Rainfall variability/reduced availability; Risk preferences; GLLAMM; Ethiopia; Labor and Human Capital; Q13; D81; C35; C93.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95784

The Impact of an Urban Growth Boundary on Land Development in Knox County, Tennessee:  A Comparison of Two-Stage Probit Least Squares and Multilayer Neural Network Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cho,   Seong-Hoon; Omitaomu,   Olufemi A.; Poudyal,   Neelam C.; Eastwood,   David B.
The impact of an urban growth boundary (UGB) on land development in Knox County, TN is estimated via two-stage probit and neural-network models.  The insignificance of UGB variable in the two-stage probit model and more visible development patterns in the western part of Knoxville and the neighboring town of Farragut during the post-UGB period in both models suggest that the UGB has not curtailed urban sprawl.  Although the network model is found to be a viable alternative to more conventional discrete choice approach for improving the predictability of land development, it is at the cost of evaluating marginal effects.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land development; Multilayer neural network; Two-stage probit least squares; C35; R14.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37057

Effects of Information on Consumer Risk Perception and Willingness to Pay for Non-Genetically Modified Corn Oil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Terawaki,   Taku.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/16/05.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Genetically Modified; Contingent Valuation; Willingness to Pay; Risk Perception; Consumer/Household Economics; D12; D11; C35; D81.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19555

Meat Slaughter and Processing Plants’ Traceability Levels: Evidence From Iowa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bulut,   Harun; Lawrence,   John D.
Based on an econometric analysis of the data obtained from a survey of meat plants ( ) in Iowa in summer 2007, this paper identifies the factors impacting the meat plants’ voluntary adoption of forward and backward traceability activities. The results suggest that the ownership type (corporate versus independent) and operations type (slaughtering versus not) matter rather than the size and meat type produced (beef, pork, or poultry) as suggested in the previous surveys. Furthermore, food safety activities appear to be complementary to traceability activities. The findings may assist ongoing regulatory efforts in implementing traceability in U.S. in the near future.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Country of origin labeling; Food safety; Multiple imputation method; National animal identification system; Ordered logistic regression; Quality assurances; Traceability; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18; C21; C35.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6135

Estimating Willingness to Pay for E10 fuel: a contingent valuation study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhattacharjee,   Sanjoy; Petrolia,   Daniel R.; Herndon,   Cary W., Jr.
In this study, we measure willingness to pay for E10 fuel by US consumers employing a contingent valuation technique in a simultaneous latent variable equation framework. The simultaneous equation framework helps us to understand the way consumers' perceptions about ethanol are developed and influence their respective buying behavior.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: E10 ethanol; Perceptions and economic choice; Latent variable; Random utility models; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C12; C35; D12.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6730

Effects of Family, Friends, and Relative Prices on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by African American Youths
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhylyevskyy,   Oleksandr; Jensen,   Helen H.; Garasky,   Steven B.; Cutrona,   Carolyn E.; Gibbons,   Frederick X.
Paper for presentation at the Northeastern Agricultural &amp; Resource Economics Association’s Workshop on Economics and Child Nutrition Programs, AAEA &amp; NAREA Joint Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 23, 2011.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fruit and vegetable consumption; Healthy food choices; Social interactions; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; I12; J15; C35; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107086

Distinguishing Different Industry Technologies and Localized Technical Change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morrison Paul,   Catherine J.; Sauer,   Johannes.
This contribution is based on the notion that different technologies are present in an industry. These different technologies result in differential “drivers” of economic performance depending on the kind of technology used by the individual firm. In a first step different technologies are empirically distinguished. Subsequently, the associated production patterns are approximated and the respective change over time is estimated. A latent class modelling approach is used to distinguish different technologies for a representative sample of E.U. dairy producers as an industry exhibiting significant structural changes and differences in production systems in the past decades. The production technology is modelled and evaluated by using the flexible functional...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Heterogenous Technologies; Transformation Function; Localized Technical Change; Production Economics; Q12; O33; C35.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91749

A Comparative Analysis of US and Canadian Consumers' Perceptions Towards BSE Testing and the use of GM Organisms in Beef Production: Evidence from a Choice Experiment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Steiner,   Bodo E.; Yang,   Jun.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/24/07.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Multinomial logit; Beef labeling; Livestock Production/Industries; D12; L66; C35.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9977

TECHNOLOGIES AND LOCALIZED TECHNICAL CHANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morrison Paul,   Catherine J.; Sauer,   Johannes.
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Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Heterogenous Technologies; Transformation Function; Localized Technical Change; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q12; O33; C35.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93963

Measuring Service Quality: The Opinion of Europeans about Utilities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferrari,   P.A.; Salini,   S.
This paper provides a comparative analysis of statistical methods to evaluate the consumer perception about the quality of Services of General Interest. The evaluation of the service quality perceived by users is usually based on Customer Satisfaction Survey data and an ex-post evaluation is then performed. Another approach, consisting in evaluating Consumers preferences, supplies an ex-ante information on Service Quality. Here, the ex-post approach is considered, two non-standard techniques - the Rasch Model and the Nonlinear Principal Component Analysis - are presented and the potential of both methods is discussed. These methods are applied on the Eurobarometer Survey data to assess the consumer satisfaction among European countries and in different...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Service Quality; Eurobarometer; Non Linear Principal Component Analysis; Rasch Analysis; Conjoint Analysis; C33; C35; C43; L94; L95; L96.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36758

Testing heterogeneous anchoring and shift effect in double-bounded models: The case of recreational fishing in Tasmania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jennings,   Sarah; Rust,   Steven; Yamazaki,   Satoshi; Lyle,   Jeremy.
This paper explores the extent and nature of anchoring and shift effects in a double-bounded contingent valuation of recreational fishing in Tasmania’s inshore saltwater fishery. In particular we model the situation where respondents, when answering the second valuation question, evaluate the bid amount partly with reference to the size of the first bid amount. The estimates of the coefficients and mean WTP for a day of fishing are compared across different contingent valuation models, including a single-bounded model, a conventional double-bounded model and models that control anchoring and exogenous shift effects in both homogeneous and heterogeneous forms. Overall we find consistent evidence of anchoring, but mixed evidence of a shift effect. Results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Anchoring bias; Shift effect; Heterogeneity; Recreational fishing; Environmental Economics and Policy; C35; Q26.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59265

Consumers’ willingness to pay for food safety: the case of mycotoxins in milk
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sckokai,   Paolo; Moro,   Daniele; Cuomo,   Enrica.
European statistics show that one of the most widespread source of health risks related to food is mycotoxins. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the Italian consumers’ perception of the mycotoxins’ risk and, more specifically, their willingness-to-pay (WTP) for a hypothetical bottle of milk obtained by cows in which the feed ration contains maize certified for the ‘good practices’ that reduce such risk. For this purpose, a web-based stated choice (SC) experiment involving a representative sample of 973 Italian consumers has been carried out and WTP has been measured using the panel data version of a Random Parameters Logit (RPL) model. The results show that Italian consumers are willing to pay a rather high average price premium for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Mycotoxins; Willingness to pay; Mixed logit; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; C35; D12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116411

Why Family Farms Are Increasingly Using Wage Labour?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blanc,   Michel; Cahuzac,   Eric; Elyakime,   B.; Tahar,   Gabriel.
In many developed countries, the share of wage employment out of the total agricultural labour force has been increasing for the last ten years. Using data from French agricultural censuses, we present an analysis of the factors that influence households' decisions about whether to work on the family farm or to work outside, and about the use of wage labour. Studying how the effects of these factors have varied between 1988 and 2000 enables us to highlight the different mechanisms that have led to an increase in permanent wage employment during that period. In particular, we show that family labour and permanent wage labour have become nearly equivalent in 2000, whereas that was not the case in 1988.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural employees; Farms; Family labour; Labor and Human Capital; C34; C35; J22; J43.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24620

PRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN NIGERIA AND BENIN: DETERMINING THE WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR INFORMATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Horna,   J. Daniela; Smale,   Melinda; von Oppen,   Matthias.
A typical private good is defined by its excludability and rivalry characteristics. Information might not generate rivalry among its users.  By contrast, excludability is certainly a characteristic of information and its delivery can generate incentives for private participation. This study examines farmers'’ preferences for seed of new rice varieties and their willingness to pay for related information in villages of Nigeria and Benin. Conjoint analysis is used to estimate the structure of farmers'’ preferences for rice seed given a set of alternatives. Farmers are considered to be maximizers of utility rather than profit, preferring one variety over another based on the utility they obtain from its attributes, which depends on their own social and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: WTP for information; Conjoint analysis; Rice attributes; Farmers'’ preferences; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; O3; O33; C35.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19401

A Comparison Of Choice Experiments And Actual Grocery Store Behavior: An Empirical Application To Seafood Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hudson,   Darren; Gallardo,   Rosa Karina; Hanson,   Terrill R.
In this paper we compare results from an in-store field experiment and a mail survey choice experiment (CE) to investigate CE’s capacity in predicting grocery store market share. For the comparison, we used three seafood products: freshwater prawns, marine shrimp, and lobster. CE estimates were obtained via four econometric models: the conditional logit, the random parameter logit, the heteroskedastic extreme value, and the multinomial probit. We found that the level of control in the grocery store experiment and the choice of econometric model influenced the capacity of CE to predict grocery store market shares.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Grocery store; Hypothetical bias; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; C35; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120453

Commodity Price Pass-Through in Differentiated Retail Food Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Allender,   William J.; Pofahl,   Geoffrey M.
Prices for nearly all basic commodity rose at unprecedented rates throughout early 2008, only to fall nearly as fast as financial markets and global economies began to collapse.  Rising food prices in 2008 led to concerns that commodity price spikes would lead to more general food inflation, but by early 2009 interest focused more on the seeming inability of food prices to fall back down with commodity prices.  This study provides an empirical investigation into the pass-through of commodity prices to retail prices for two different types of food products: potatoes and fluid milk.  The results show that pass-through depends on the nature of the food in question, but is generally consistent with theoretical models of pricing by sellers of multiple,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Commodity prices; Conduct; Industrial organization; Inflation; Market power; Nested logit; Pass-through; Random parameters model; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; C35; D12; D43; L13; L41; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61187

Assessment of Farmer Preferences for Cattle Traits in Cattle Production Systems of Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ouma,   Emily Awuor; Abdulai,   Awudu; Drucker,   Adam G.
The urgent need to improve livestock productivity in  sub-Saharan Africa in order to keep pace with expected increases in demand for meat and milk is very topical. Breed improvement provides key entry points for increasing productivity in cattle populations. However, there are tendencies for breed improvement programs to focus on single, market driven traits such as milk or meat production in isolation of environmental constraints and broader livestock system functions which cattle assume in developing countries. This potentially leads to genotypes that are not well adapted to the environment and not capable of performing the multiple roles that cattle assume in cattle production systems of developing countries. In developing countries, many important...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cattle production system; Trait preferences; Choice experiment; Kenya; Livestock Production/Industries; D11; C35; Q26.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24730

Combining mixed logit models and random effects models to identify the determinants of willingness to pay for rural landscape improvements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campbell,   Danny.
This paper reports the findings from a discrete choice experiment study designed to estimate the economic benefits associated with rural landscape improvements in Ireland. Using a mixed logit model, the panel nature of the dataset is exploited to retrieve willingness to pay values for every individual in the sample. This departs from customary approaches in which the willingness to pay estimates are normally expressed as measures of central tendency of an a priori distribution. In a different vein from analysis conducted in previous discrete choice experiment studies, this paper uses random effects models for panel data to identify the determinants of the individual-specific willingness to pay estimates. In comparison with the standard methods used to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-environment; Discrete choice experiments; Mixed logit; Panel data; Random effects; Willingness to pay; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; C33; C35; Q24; Q51.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7975

Organic Food Consumption Patterns in France
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hassan,   Daniel; Monier-Dilhan,   Sylvette; Nichele,   Veronique; Simioni,   Michel.
This research addresses two important issues for the future expansion of organic consumption in France. The first one is related to knowing whether the organic choice is a permanent feature of consumer’s attitude or not: Do organic buyers occasionally pick one organic product or do they choose organic for “several” categories? The second issue concerns the impact of prices on buying organics which is revisited, distinguishing between capturing new consumers and increasing the demand coming from people already involved in organic markets. These questions are examined using the market basket approach; the price issue requires further estimations of demand models. The study relies on two staple food products, eggs and milk. The findings are : (i) choosing...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market basket approach; Purchasing behavior; Logit model; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; C35; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53342

Study of Evacuation Behavior of Coastal Gulf of Mexico Residents
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhattacharjee,   Sanjoy; Petrolia,   Daniel R.; Hanson,   Terrill R.
In this study, we investigate the link between hurricane characteristics, demographics of the Coastal Gulf of Mexico residents, including their household location, and their respective evacuation behavior. Our study is significantly different from the previously made studies on hurricane evacuation behavior in two ways. At first, the research data is collected through recording responses to a series of hypothetical situations which are quite identical to the set of information that people are used to see during the hurricane season. Secondly, this study addresses and includes response heterogeneity while analyzing sample behavior, an issue which has not been addressed in previous research on hurricane evacuation behavior in spite of its importance.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Evacuation Behavior; Hurricane; Response Heterogeneity; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; C35; Q54.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46845

Contribution of Economics to Design of Sustainable Cattle Breeding Programs in Eastern Africa: A Choice Experiment Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ouma,   Emily Awuor; Abdulai,   Awudu.
Although livestock forms a very important component of the livelihoods of rural populations of developing countries, productivity remains very low. Livestock keepers are beset by various constraints. In sub-Saharan Africa, cattle are exposed to a number of tropical diseases and other environmental stresses. Breed improvement programs provides key entry points for increasing productivity in cattle populations, especially those plagued by animal diseases. However, breed improvement programs have tended to focus on single, market-driven production traits in isolation of broader livestock system functions. This potentially leads to genotypes that are not well adapted to the environment and not suitable for performing the multiple roles of cattle in developing...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Cattle production system; Trait preferences; Trypanotolerance; Livestock Production/Industries; D12; D60; C35.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25587

Pluriactivity Decisions by Farm Households in Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salvioni,   Cristina; Sciulli,   Dario; Parodi,   Giuliana.
In this article we test whether in Italy the off-farm participation decisions of household members in working age are taken jointly and what are the variables that affect them. We find that the decisions of the operator, the spouse and the eldest child are not joint. Conversely, the participation decision of the operator and the spouse, that is of the two household's members belonging to the same generation, are found to be joint. The results suggest that policy actions for the purpose of encouraging off-farm participation rely on measures geared at improving the level of education and providing childcare services.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Off-farm work participation; Multivariate probit; Household models; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital; C35; J43; Q12.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24550

What Influences Consumer Choice of Fresh Produce Purchase Location?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bond,   Jennifer Keeling; Thilmany,   Dawn D.; Bond,   Craig A.
There is evidence that consumers are increasingly purchasing food directly from local producers, but little is understood about which market-specific, intrinsic, extrinsic, and demographic attributes influence the probability of preferring to purchase fresh produce through direct-market channels. A multinomial logit model is used to analyze a national dataset of fresh produce consumers with a focus on exploring differences among those that prefer to purchase direct always, occasionally (seasonally and as a secondary source), and never. Results suggest that to increase patronage and loyalty of current customers, producers may emphasize the availability of fresh, superior, vitamin-rich, and locally-grown produce at market locations through booth displays,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; C35; C42; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48755

Effects of Family, Friends, and Relative Prices on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by African American Youths
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhylyevskyy,   Oleksandr; Jensen,   Helen H.; Garasky,   Steven B.; Cutrona,   Carolyn E.; Gibbons,   Frederick X.
Facilitating healthy eating among young people, particularly among minorities who are at high risk for gaining excess weight, is at the forefront of current policy discussions and food program reviews. We investigate the effects of social interactions and relative prices on fruit and vegetable consumption by African American youths using rich behavioral data from the Family and Community Health Study and area-specific food prices. We find the presence of endogenous effects between a youth and parent, but not between a youth and friend. Lower relative prices of fruits and vegetables tend to increase intakes. Results suggest that health interventions targeting a family member may be an effective way to increase fruit and vegetable intake by African Americans...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social interactions; Healthy food choices; Fruit and vegetable consumption; African American youth; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; I12; J15; C35.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103411

Distinguishing Different Industry Technologies and Localized Technical Change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sauer,   Johannes; Morrison Paul,   Catherine J.
When different technologies are present in an industry, assuming a homogeneous technology will lead to misleading implications about technical change and inefficient policy recommendations. In this paper a latent class modelling approach and flexible estimation of the production structure is used to distinguish different technologies for a representative sample of E.U. dairy producers, as an industry exhibiting significant structural changes and differences in production systems in the past decades. The model uses a transformation function to recognize multiple outputs; separate technological classes based on multiple characteristics, a flexible generalized linear functional form, a variety of inputs, and random effects to capture firm heterogeneity; and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Heterogenous Technologies; Transformation Function; Localized Technical Change; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; O33; C35.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99834

Willingness-to-Pay for Attribute Level and Variability: The Case of Mexican Millers’ Demand for Hard Red Winter Wheat
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gallardo,   Rosa Karina; Lusk,   Jayson L.; Holcomb,   Rodney B.; Rayas-Duarte,   Patricia.
In-person interviews were carried out with Mexican millers who were administered a conjoint-type survey designed to incorporate uncertainty in attribute levels. Two methods were used to model millers’ risk preferences: a modified mean-variance approach and an explicit expected utility approach. Controlling for variability, Mexican millers are willing to pay premiums for increases in quality factors such as test weight, protein content, falling number, and dough strength/extensibility. We find millers are not particularly sensitive to changes in the variability of quality characteristics. Out-of-sample forecasts suggest the mean-variance model provides an accurate depiction of actual Mexican imports.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mean-variance; Mexican wheat market; Moment generating function; Preference elicitation; Wheat quality; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; C35; C42; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56646

Households’ WTP for the Reliability of Gas Supply
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chou,   Wan-Jung; Bigano,   Andrea; Hunt,   Alistair; La Branche,   Stephane; Markandya,   Anil; Pierfederici,   Roberta.
The security of natural gas supply is an important issue for all EU countries due to the region’s heavy dependence on imported supply sources and in light of energy demand for gas that is continuously increasing. Discussions have emphasised strategies for securing the supply at the macro level, e.g. diversification in supply sources, increase in storage capacity, etc. By contrast, consumers’ demand for the reliability of gas supply is rarely investigated. Hence this study was conducted to examine the economic implications associated with the security of gas supply directly to domestic consumers. Based on the choice experiment approach, household surveys were conducted in France, Italy and the UK. The results confirmed that the degree of the economic impact...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Energy Security; Gas Supply; Households; Willingness to Pay; Choice Experiment; EU; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C35; C83; C93; D12; Q41.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115740

Welfare Impacts of the Mexico Potato Quarantine
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Molina,   Ignacio; Hussein,   Osman.
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tariffs on U.S. potato imports to Mexico were phased out by 1993. Citing phytosanitary issues, in 1996, the Mexican government placed quantitative restrictions on U.S. potato imports and restricted their import only to designated border areas. This article estimates the welfare cost of restricting U.S. potato imports into Mexico. We find that removing trade restrictions may lead to over 1.8 million tons of new imports into Mexico, a gain of consumer surplus of 4.0 billion pesos per year, and a loss of 2.9 billion pesos of producer surplus.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International trade; Non-tariff barriers; Potatoes; Quarantine; Sanitary and phytosanitary barriers; Welfare loss; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; F13; L13; Q13; Q17; C35.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56661

Carbon Mitigation Costs for the Commercial Sector: Discrete-Continuous Choice Analysis of Multifuel Energy Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Newell,   Richard G.; Pizer,   William A.
We estimate a carbon mitigation cost curve for the U.S. commercial sector based on econometric estimation of the responsiveness of fuel demand and equipment choices to energy price changes. The model econometrically estimates fuel demand conditional on fuel choice, which is characterized by a multinomial logit model. Separate estimation of end uses (e.g., heating, cooking) using the 1995 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey allows for exceptionally detailed estimation of price responsiveness disaggregated by end use and fuel type. We then construct aggregate long-run elasticities, by fuel type, through a series of simulations; own-price elasticities range from -0.9 for district heat services to -2.9 for fuel oil. The simulations form the basis of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Commercial energy demand; Carbon policy; Climate change; Discrete choice; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q28; Q48; Q41; C35; C15.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10625

Limited Access to Conservation: Limited- Resource Farmer Participation in the Conservation Security Program in the Southeast
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergtold,   Jason S.; Molnar,   Joseph J.
The paper examines the joint adoption of conservation tillage, crop rotations, and soil testing by small and limited-resource farmers in the Southeast. The objectives are to determine the potential eligibility of small farmers for the Conservation Security Program, examine socioeconomic factors affecting adoption, and assess the interdependence between adopting different conservation practices. Results indicate that conservation management, ethnicity, and farm characteristics affect practice adoption. Of the producers surveyed in the study, 7% meet Conservation Security Program eligibility requirements, while the other 93% have less than a 20% likelihood of adopting the needed practices to qualify.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Conservation; Conservation Security Program; Conservation tillage; Limited-resource farmers; Logistic regression; Small farms; Soil testing; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; C35; Q12; Q58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90670

ESTIMATING COKE AND PEPSI'S PRICE ADVERTISING STRATEGIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Golan,   Amos; Karp,   Larry S.; Perloff,   Jeffrey M.
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Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Strategies; Noncooperative games; Oligopoly; Generalized maximum entropy; Beverages; Marketing; C13; C35; C72; L13; L66.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25057

Estimating the Amenity Costs of Global Warming in Brazil: Getting the Most from Available Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Timmins,   Christopher.
This paper develops a theoretically consistent technique for valuing non-marketed local attributes using compensating income differentials in the absence of housing market data. The individual’s indirect utility function is identified with aggregate data describing equilibrium location decisions, and this function is used in place of the unidentified equation describing how housing prices are determined. The model is used to value climate amenities in Brazil, where such data problems are prevalent. Similar problems arise in other developing countries, particularly when one looks outside of the largest cities.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Wage-hedonics; Discrete-choice analysis; Climate amenity; Global warming; Environmental Economics and Policy; R1; C35; O54.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28491

Testing heterogeneous anchoring and shift effect in double-bounded models: The case of recreational fishing in Tasmania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jennings,   Sarah; Yamazaki,   Satoshi; Lyle,   Jeremy.
This paper explores the extent and nature of anchoring and shift effects in a double-bounded contingent valuation of recreational fishing in Tasmania’s inshore saltwater fishery. In particular we model the situation where respondents, when answering the second valuation question, evaluate the bid amount partly with reference to the size of the first bid amount. The estimates of the coefficients and mean WTP for a day of fishing are compared across different contingent valuation models, including a single-bounded model, a conventional double-bounded model and models that control anchoring and exogenous shift effects in both homogeneous and heterogeneous forms. Overall we find consistent evidence of anchoring, but mixed evidence of a shift effect. Results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Anchoring bias; Shift effect; Heterogeneity; Recreational fishing; Environmental Economics and Policy; C35; Q26.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59089

Reasons for Adopting Precision Farming: A Case Study of U.S. Cotton Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pandit,   Mahesh; Mishra,   Ashok K.; Paudel,   Krishna P.; Larkin,   Sherry L.; Rejesus,   Roderick M.; Lambert,   Dayton M.; English,   Burton C.; Larson,   James A.; Velandia,   Margarita M.; Roberts,   Roland K.; Kotsiri,   Sofia.
We used survey data collected from cotton farmers in 12 southern U.S. states to identify factors influencing cotton farmers’ decisions to adopt precision farming. Using a seemingly unrelated ordered probit model, we found that younger, educated and computer literate farmers chose precision farming for profit reason. Farmers who perceived precision farming to be profitable adopt it to be at the forefront of agricultural technology. We also found that farmers who were concerned with environment emphasize precision farming adoption as a reason to improve environmental quality. Our results also indicate that farmers in coastal states such as Alabama, Mississippi, and North Carolina chose environmental benefits as a reason for precision farming technology...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Precision technologies; Seemingly unrelated ordered probit; Cotton; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Q16; C35.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98575

Are Consumers in Developing Countries Willing-to-Pay More for Micronutrient-Dense Biofortified Foods? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chowdhury,   Shyamal K.; Meenakshi,   J.V.; Tomlins,   Keith; Owori,   Constance.
Vitamin A deficiency is a major health problem in Africa and in many other developing countries. Biofortified staple crops that are high in pro vitamins A and adapted to local growing environment have the potential to reduce the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency. One such example is the orange-fleshed sweetpotato. However because of its distinctive orange color, which is in contrast to the white varieties that are typically consumed in Africa, it is important to assess whether consumers will accept it.  It is this question that this paper attempts to address, using a choice experiment with the real product to quantify the magnitude of the premium or discount  in consumers’ willingness to pay that may be associated with it.  In addition, it also considers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cheap talk; Field experiments; Hypothetical bias; Conjoint analysis; Universal logit; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; C35; C93; D 83; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49945

Hog Insurance Adoption and Suppliers' Discrimination: A Bivariate Probit Model with Partial Observability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cao,   Ying; Zhang,   Yuehua.
This paper explores the factors that impact insurance choices. Specially designed survey questions allow one to fully observe the demand tendency by the farmers and partially observe the supply tendency by the insurance company. A joint estimation of insurance decision by both supply and demand sides suggested that factors performing different roles in affecting insurance participation game. Farmer’s age and education have positive impact on insurance demand, but are indifference to the insurance providers. Insurance suppliers care more about farmers’ experience in the field, but this experience occasionally results in overconfidence for the farmers and hence, impedes insurance purchasing. Production scales, proxy by sow inventory, is put more weight by...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Insurance Choices; Bivariate Probit; Partial Observability; Agribusiness; International Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty; C35; D13; Q12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103158

Estimating Effects of an Urban Growth Boundary on Land Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cho,   Seong-Hoon; Chen,   Zhuo; Yen,   Steven T.; Eastwood,   David B.
This study estimates the effects of an urban growth boundary (UGB) on land development decisions in Knox County, TN, using a heteroscedastic probit model.  With combined efforts of increased land development within the city boundary and decreased development within the UGB and the neighboring town of Farragut after the implementation of UGB, the UGB of Knox County has been successful in urban revitalization within the city boundary and discouraging urban sprawl.  These UGB impacts may be related to the city government having the right to annex land parcels within the UGB without consent of land owners.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Heteroscedastic probit; Land development; Urban growth boundary; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; C35; Q24; R52.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43761