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Animal Health Economics. What Can It Do? What Are the Big Questions?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
It is argued that while considerable development of animal health economics has occurred in recent decades, it has not yet achieved its potential coverage. It has been mostly applied to livestock, particularly livestock used for commerce, and its application to a range of other animals has been relatively neglected. Extending its coverage also requires widening the type of objectives taken into account in the analysis. Furthermore, the main focus of animal health economics has been on the economics of controlling and managing the occurrence of diseases. The economic role of genetics, the environment, nutrition and the comfort of animals in their health ought to be given greater attention. In the case of zoonoses, the economic analysis should be extended to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Animal health economics; Diseases; Health economics; Information economics; Precautionary principle; Public economics; Zoonoses; Farm Management; Health Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; Public Economics; I10; Q19.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97472

Nutrition and health claims – call for and justification of governmental intervention from the consumers’ perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hartmann,   Monika; Lensch,   Anne Katrin; Simons,   Johannes; Thrams,   Sylvia.
In December 2006 the Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006 on the use of nutrition and health claims (NHCs) on foods was enacted in order to prevent consumer deception and to harmonise law within the EU. Against this background, this paper analyses the potential costs and benefits linked with NHCs and the necessity for governmental intervention to regulate NHCs within a theoretical and empirical framework. The theoretical investigation shows that NHCs can induce direct economic effects as well as spillover effects in the market of information. Whether those effects are beneficial or adverse depends on the truthfulness of the NHCs, and consumers’ perception and processing of such claims. As self regulatory forces of the market might not be sufficient to prevent...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Nutrition and health claims; Consumer deception; Information economics; Market transparency; Consumer protection policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97545

Does Information Change Behavior?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huffman,   Wallace E.
This paper reviews and synthesizes the theory of information economics and empirical evidence on how information changes the behavior of consumers, households and firms. I show that consumers respond to new information in food experiments but perhaps not in retirement account management. Some seeming perverse consumer/investor decision making may be a result of a complex decision with a low expected payoff.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Information economics; Consumer behavior; Behavioral economics; Moral hazard; Adverse selection.; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55938

Media Impact of Nutrition Information on Food Choice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shiratori,   Sakiko; Kinsey,   Jean D.
This study estimated the impact of nutrition information provided by popular media on consumers’ purchases in U.S. grocery stores, taking omega-3 fortified eggs as an example. The media index was constructed from multiple information sources by utilizing computer-coded content analysis. Their probability of purchasing omega-3 eggs between 1998 and 2007 based on household-level scanner data was analyzed by logistic regression models to incorporate elements of information effects. The results showed the significant positive impact of nutritional information from the popular media on consumers’ food choices, thus publishing in popular media can be an effective communication approach to promote consumers’ health.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer Economics; Content Analysis; Functional Food; Information economics; Logit; Omega-3 Fatty Acids; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; D83.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103850