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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Parental Response to Health Risk Information: A Lab Experiment on Evaluating Willingness-to-Pay for Safer Infant Milk Formula
Autores: | Goldberg,   Isabell; Roosen,   Jutta; Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.
Data: | 2006-06-08
Ano: | 2006
Palavras-chave: | Ambiguity; Food Safety; Health Risk Information; Lab Experiment; Powdered Infant Milk Formula; Willingness-to-Pay; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; D18; D80; I12; Q18.
Resumo: | Enterobacter sakazakii, a pathogen that can be found in powdered infant milk formula, can cause adverse health effects on infants. Using Vickrey auction, this study examines parents' willingness to pay (WTP) for a quality assurance label on powdered infant milk formula. The influence of ambiguity with the incidence rate information and provision of safe-handling information on WTP are also evaluated using three experiments/treatments. Results generally suggest that parents are willing to pay for quality assurance label. The mean price premium parents are willing to pay for the safer and quality assurance labelled powdered infant milk formula ranges from 61 to 133 Eurocents per 100 grams depending on the treatment. While no ambiguity effects are generally found, provision of safe-handling information has a significant influence on WTP. When the safe-handling information was given, WTP for the quality assurance label was significantly reduced and ranged from 39 to 69 Eurocents per 100 grams depending on the treatment.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

22235

http://purl.umn.edu/25672

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

International Association of Agricultural Economists&gt;2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia

Poster Paper

Formato:

16

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