SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Camarena-Gomez, Dena M.; Sanjuan, Ana Isabel.

A labelled choice experiment is conducted in order to investigate preferences of Spanish consumers towards ethnic cuisines. In particular, the three best known cuisines, Mexican, Arab and Asian, are considered, across three consumption situations: restaurant, take-away and at home. Wald statistics are applied in order to assess the differential marginal utilities of ethnic food in alternative consumption situations, and the appropriateness of considering a linear effect in price.

Firm-specific information, product differentiation, and industry equilibrium

Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Ethnic food; Consumers; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44421

Perloff, Jeffrey M.; Salop, Steven.

Where consumers have imperfect information about specific firms’ prices and lack information about the market, firms have informational market power. In general, improving the consumer’s information about each firm’s price will not necessarily lower average market price. We show, however, that certain types of improvements will lower price. Moreover, a reduction in barriers to entry (e.g., capital costs) will lower price-holding information constant. Where a significant number (but not all) consumers have perfect information, single-price equilibria are impossible.

Quality Warranties and Food Products in Argentina. What Do Consumers Believe In?

Palavras-chave: Competition; Consumers; Consumers' preferences; Consumer education; Mathematical models; Demand elasticity; Economics; Equilibrium; Marketing; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis.

Ano: 1985

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47003

Berges, Miriam E.; Casellas, Karina S..

Consumers increasingly demand multiple-quality attributes in food products and value reliable means to identify them. For producers, the effective communication of their products quality is a marketing strategy. Therefore, another market of information associated with the new food markets emerges. This market is closely linked to the institutional environment and the level of trust in different information sources. In this article the emphasis will be put on how the different quality signals provided by the firms in their products affect the consumers´ behaviour. The objective is to investigate domestic consumers' perceptions and beliefs about food quality information in Argentina to identify the mechanisms that fully guarantee this quality. The results...

Why industrial policies fail: limited commitment

Palavras-chave: Food quality; Quality warranties; Consumers; Argentina; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; L15.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25526

Karp, Larry S.; Perloff, Jeffrey M..

The strategic effects of subsidies on output and subsidies on investment differ substantially in dynamic models where a government's commitment ability is limited. Output subsidies remain effective even as the period of commitment vanishes, but investment subsidies may become completely ineffective. This difference has been obscured because most existing models of strategic trade policy are static.

Emerging Issues in the U.S. Organic Industry

Palavras-chave: Consumers; Economics; Equilibrium; Export subsidies; Investments; Trade agreements; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 1993

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47044

Greene, Catherine R.; Dimitri, Carolyn; Lin, Biing-Hwan; McBride, William D.; Oberholtzer, Lydia; Smith, Travis A..

Consumer demand for organic products has widened over the last decade. While new producers have emerged to help meet demand, market participants report that a supply squeeze is constraining growth for both individual firms and the organic sector overall. Partly in response to shortages in organic supply, Congress in 2008 included provisions in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (2008 Farm Act) that, for the first time, provide financial support to farmers to convert to organic production. This report examines recent economic research on the adoption of organic farming systems, organic production costs and returns, and market conditions to gain a better understanding of the organic supply squeeze and other emerging issues in this rapidly changing...

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: Organic agriculture; Farmers; Handlers; Consumers; Organic production costs; Organic supply; Marketing organic products; Organic label; Organic price premiums; Local food; Organic food imports; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58617

Estudio de las preferencias de consumidores y distribuidores especializados respecto del producto ecologico

Sanchez Garcia, Mercedes; Sanjuan, Ana Isabel; Gil Roig, Jose Maria; Gracia, Azucena; Soler, Francisco.

RESUMEN: La creciente preocupación por la seguridad alimentaria y la mayor sensibilidad al deterioro medioambiental pueden favorecer la expansión de los productos ecológicos. No obstante, el consumo de este tipo de productos no ha crecido al mismo ritmo que la producción. El diferencial de precios respecto de los productos convencionales, los deficientes canales de distribución, y su desconocimiento parecen estar en la raíz del problema. El objetivo de este trabajo se centra en estudiar en profundidad estas limitaciones. Con este fin, se han realizado dos entrevistas, en Pamplona, a los miembros de la cadena agroalimentaria básicos para el posible desarrollo de dicho mercado: consumidores y distribuidores. El primer colectivo se ha segmentado en función de...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Organic food products; Market segmentation; Consumers; Distributors; Conjoint analysis; Consumer/Household Economics; Q13; R32.

Ano: 2002

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28765

The optimal suppression of a low-cost technology by a durable-good monopoly

Karp, Larry S.; Perloff, Jeffrey M..

If a durable-good monopoly can use either of two technologies whose properties are known to consumers, the monopoly uses only the technology with the lowest average cost at low levels of production. If consumers only know about technologies in use, the monopoly may use an inferior technology initially to increase its profits, keeping the new, efficient technology secret and switching later. Thus, in either case, an inferior technology may be used; however, switching between technologies occurs only if consumers are not fully informed about both technologies.

Actitudes y preferencias de consumidores chilenos e italianos hacia los damascos

Palavras-chave: Coase conjecture; Consumers; Monopolies; Profits; Technology; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.

Ano: 1994

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47279

Multivariate AIM Consumer Demand Model Applied to Dried Fruit, Raisins, and Dried Plums

Mora, Marcos; Infante, Rodrigo; Espinoza, J.A.; Predieri, S..

Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Preferences; Apricot; Consumers; Segmentation and Conjoint Analysis; Consumer/Household Economics.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97359

Brant, Molly; Marsh, Thomas L.; Featherstone, Allen M.; Crespi, John M..

Abstract: We estimate a semi-nonparametric demand system based on a multivariate version of the Muntz-Szatz series expansion which is called the Asymptotically Ideal Model (AIM). The model is applied to consumer demand for dried fruits, raisins, and dried plums. Results from the first and second order AIM expansions suggest that the second order expansion leads to a more economically consistent model, but the likelihood ratio test indicates the AIM(2) model was not a statistical improvement over the AIM(1) model.

Factors influencing Malaysian consumers’ consumption of dairy products

Palavras-chave: Demand; Consumers; AIM; Demand and Price Analysis.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19291

Boniface, Bonaventure; Umberger, Wendy J..

Increasing demand for dairy products in Malaysia is driving government initiatives and structural change in the domestic dairy industry in order to increase competitiveness and self-sufficiency. This study endeavours to investigate the drivers of increasing dairy demand by examining the factors influencing Malaysian consumers‟ consumption and perceptions of various types of dairy products. A survey of 435 respondents was conducted and the data were analysed using logit models. The results indicate that demographic variables such as age and ethnicity as well as other attitudinal variables significantly influence consumers‟ increasing consumption of dairy products. Managerial recommendations for the domestic dairy industry are suggested and policy...

Tipo: Presentation

Palavras-chave: Dairy products; Consumers; Milk consumption; Malaysia; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124243

Australian Consumers' Concerns and Preferences for Food Policy Alternatives

Umberger, Wendy J.; Scott, Emily M.; Stringer, Randy.

Results from a 2007 Australian consumer survey conducted at a large farmers market are used to explore the hypothesis that consumers who are more concerned about certain types of food labeling information, particularly information related to food production attributes, are more likely to support policies which help develop farmers markets and support mandatory labeling policies. Product information and attributes such as Country-of-Origin, No Growth Hormones Used, Free Range and Animals Treated Humanely and Environmentally-friendly appear to be very important to consumers. It appears that respondents want increased government involvement in developing consistent food labelling standards for these attributes and support mandatory food labelling policies,...

Investigating consumer knowledge and behaviour in the context of functional foods

Palavras-chave: Market failure; Consumers; Farmers markets; Labelling; Agricultural and Food Policy.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6174

Hall, Clare.

The future of functional foods will depend on the extent to which they are accepted by consumers. Results are presented from a questionnaire that investigated consumers’ self-reported knowledge, behavioural intentions and purchasing behaviour regarding functional foods. Findings are that two thirds of UK respondents, just less than half of Danish respondents, almost two thirds of Spanish respondents, and 88% of Polish respondents say they buy one or two functional food items per week. Between 30-55% of respondents say they understand functional foods reasonably well (UK 55%; Denmark 30%; Spain 43%; Poland 49%). A number of factors were related to respondents’ stated intention to purchase probiotics. If someone in the household had suffered food poisoning...

Labour Standards as a Justification for Trade Barriers: Consumer Concerns, Protectionism and the Evidence: Technical Annex

Palavras-chave: Consumers; Knowledge; Behaviour; Functional foods; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58024

Bakhshi, Samira; Kerr, William A..

In this article, justifications by producers (economic protectionism), consumers and social advocates (humanitarian motives) for including labour standards in international trade agreements are discussed. To date, little work has been undertaken to determine empirically whether low labour standards lead to trade distortions. This article provides some empirical evidence pertaining to this question. Consumer groups, social advocates and traditional vested interests such as labour unions have attempted to have labour standards included in WTO disciplines. In the absence of success at the WTO, the relationship between labour standards and international trade has, however, been evolving in the areas of private standards and preferential trade agreements. Given...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Consumers; Food processing; Labour standards; Preferential trade agreements; Trade distortion; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90588

How is Modernity Accepted by Consumers with Respect to Traditional Food Products? The Case of Traceability

Halawany, Rafia; Giraud, Georges.

Up till now, no researches have been done on consumers’ acceptability of new technical supporters of traceability, especially for traditional food products. Therefore, in the framework of the EU research project TRACE, we carried out focus group discussions, individual laddering interviews (with hierarchical value maps) and a choice-based conjoint experiment. Traceability is a fashionable word with different meanings whether it comes to producers or to consumers. The formers link it to technical aspects while the latter see in it a path for safe and good quality food products. How to intersect these two dimensions when advertising trend and consumer expectations are focusing on traditional food products? In France, consumers are familiar with the word...

CONSUMER PERCEPTION TOWARDS TRADITIONAL SERBIAN AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD PRODUCTS

Palavras-chave: Traceability supports; Traditional; Consumers; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44282

Zaric, Vlade; Petkovic, Danijela; Radosevic, Milorad.

Market success depends in large part on how well consumer behaviour and perception supplies understand. They need to understand how consumers evaluate products characteristics, gather information regarding various alternatives and use this information to select specific product. The object of this research was to determine consumer perception of Serbian agricultural and food products and especially perception of home made products. In October 2008, a research was conducted in the Belgrade market on a sample of 338 persons. The results were analyzed using univariant statistical analyses. The results of this research can be used by producers for defining marketing activities and by researchers to conduct further research in this field.

The Changing Nature of Protectionism: Are "Free Traders" Up to the Challenges It Presents?

Palavras-chave: Traditional agricultural and food products; Territorial competitiveness; Consumers; Republic of Serbia; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57418

The influence of psychographic variables on consumer preferences. The case of ethnic food in Spain

Kerr, William A..

In the economic model that underlies the WTO the only group that can be expected to ask for protection is producers in importing countries. The existing multilateral trade architecture reflects that assumption. Much of the recent criticism of the multilateral trade regime has arisen as a result of new groups explicitly asking domestic politicians for protection. As these groups were not expected to ask for protection, the international trade regime does not allow domestic politicians to extend protection on the basis of the new demands. Further, countries are expected to perceive benefits from trade liberalisation. These benefits must be balanced against the expected political benefits of protectionism (and their associated welfare costs) when trade...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Consumers; Environmentalists; Failed economies; Producers; Protectionism; Welfare; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23903

Camarena-Gomez, Dena M.; Sanjuan, Ana Isabel.

In the last years, ethnic food has been successfully introduced in the Spanish market. In this research a choice experiment is conducted in order to investigate consumer’s preferences toward ethnic food and the influence of psychographic variables in consumer’s decisions. A nested logit model is employed for this purpose, with a two level nesting structure: the first decision is whether or not to consume ethnic food at all; and the second decision combines ethnic cuisine and the consumption situation. The experiment contemplates three cuisines, Mexican, Asian and Arab; and three consumption situations: restaurant, take away and preparation at home. Three psychographic variables are used to investigate the opt-out decision, which relate to the degree of...

An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System 2011

Palavras-chave: Ethnic food; Choice experiment; Nested logit; Consumers; Psychographic variables; Agricultural and Food Policy.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57991

Personal computer brand loyalty

This 2011 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in response to various factors; and background data and information to inform public discussions on challenges and opportunities facing the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. Charts and tables with brief accompanying texts are used to summarize information and to provide base performance indicators. The 2011 report begins with a special feature that provides a description of young farmers in Canada including their numbers by farm size, province and farm...

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Agri-food; R&D; Consumers; GDP; Employment; Exports; Imports; Innovation; Young farmers; Farm typology; Income; Government support; Trade; Productivity; Food processing; Food manufacturing; Environment; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103047

Jackson, Tyrone W.; Perloff, Jeffrey M..

A Markov model shows the degree of brand loyalty to Apple, Compaq, IBM, and Wyse personal computers by large corporate customers of Businessland, a large reseller of personal computers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Because Businessland temporarily lost its franchise to carry Compaq for half a year in the middle of our sample, the model captures the effect on Businessland's sales of rival brands when a name brand is eliminated and then reintroduced. Large corporate customers were brand-loyal and relatively price insensitive. Their loyalty did not diminish over time. They did not view IBM-compatible computers as perfect substitutes. Eliminating and then reintroducing a brand has different short- and long-run effects. It is difficult to explain which...