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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
A Bilateral Comparison of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: United States and Canada
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| Autores: |
Richards, Timothy J.
Patterson, Paul M.
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| Data: |
2006-10-06
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| Ano: |
2005
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| Palavras-chave: |
Alchian-Allen effect
Fruit and vegetable trade
Health information
Latent variable
MIMIC model
Produce quality
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
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| Resumo: |
Many public programs promote diets rich in fruits and vegetables based on evidence of the derived health benefits. Still, produce consumption in the United States lags behind other nations, even its most culturally similar neighbor--Canada. This study uses a structural latent variable model to test the role played by quality and health information in explaining observed differences in produce consumption. The Alchian-Allen effect predicts that higher quality, higher absolute margin produce will be exported, suggesting quality may be an important demand factor in importing nations such as Canada. The results show that dietary health information is significant in expanding demands. Quality also promotes fruit consumption in Canada.
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| Tipo: |
Journal Article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
23899
http://purl.umn.edu/31217
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics>Volume 30, Number 02, August 2005
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| Formato: |
17
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