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Christensen, Tove; Mørkbak, Morten; Denver, Sigrid; Hasler, Berit. |
Food quality attributes such as food safety and animal welfare are increasingly influencing consumers’ choices of food products. These attributes are not readily traded in the markets. Hence, stated pref-erence methods have proven to be valuable tools for eliciting preferences for such non-traded attributes. A discrete choice experiment is employed, and the re-sults indicate that consumers in general are willing to pay a premium for campylobacter-free chicken and for improved animal welfare; and they are willing to pay an additional premium for a product containing both attributes. Further, we find that organic consumers have a higher willingness to pay for animal welfare than other consumers, but they are not willing to pay more than conventional... |
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Consumer issues. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/7707/1/organic%2Dconf%2Dqualypreferences.pdf |
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