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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Determinants of Food Choice in a Transitional Economy: Insights from the Theory of Reasoned Action
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| Autores: |
Petrovici, Dan Alex
Ritson, Christopher
Ness, M.
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| Data: |
2006-05-25
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| Ano: |
2002
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| Palavras-chave: |
Theory of Reasoned Action
Food choice
Transition economy
Consumer/Household Economics
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| Resumo: |
This paper draws upon a consumer survey carried out in Bucharest (Romania) to explore determinants of food choice in a transition economy. An adapted version of the Theory of Reasoned Action was developed. This included attitude toward intention, habit and preference as independent variables. The structural equations modelling carried out in 'Analysis of MOment Structures' AMOS showed a significant positive influence of all variables. Similar to other studies conducted in European Union (EU) countries (Saba, Di Natale, 1998) habit outweighed the other variables. The study emphasises the heterogeneity of consumer beliefs about food. Furthermore it was suggested that there is scope for noneconomic variables in explaining food choices and consumer behaviour in these emerging economies, though the influence of these variables may be still limited relative the economic factors. Further research on special groups is required to quantify the influence of non-economic factors and compare the results estimated in Romania with other countries which are candidates to EU accession.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
21580
http://purl.umn.edu/24852
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
European Association of Agricultural Economists>2002 International Congress, August 28-31, 2002, Zaragoza, Spain
Contributed Paper
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| Formato: |
19
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