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

Herrmann, Roland; Anders, Sven M.; Thompson, Stanley R..

The protection of the regional origin of foods is a major part of the food-quality policy in the EU. It is the objective of this article to analyze economic effects of such policy instruments. Two different types of policy are distinguished which are both designed to promote regional products. First, generic promotion of a homogeneous commodity at the national and/or regional level in the spirit of NERLOVE and WAUGH is investigated. This instrument aims at shifting the demand for the advertised commodity outward. We derive theoretically that excessive advertising does exist if several promotion activities at different regional levels exist at one time. It would be more cost-effective due to product substitutability to move from separate strategies at the...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Country-of-origin labelling; Regional-origin labelling; Excessive advertising; Generic promotion; Market segmentation; Marketing.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97214

The Regional Incidence of European Agricultural Policy: Measurement Concept and Empirical Evidence

Anders, Sven M.; Harsche, Johannes; Herrmann, Roland.

Household Food Expenditures and Management of Type II Diabetes

Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.

Ano: 2002

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24900

Maxwell, Denise; Anders, Sven M.; Cash, Sean B..

HONORIEREN VERBRAUCHER PRODUKTE MIT EINEM ZUSATZNUTZEN FÜR DIE GESUNDHEIT? EMPIRISCHE EVIDENZ MIT SCANNERDATEN

Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61771

Moser, Anke; Anders, Sven M..

Die Zunahme ernährungsbedingter Krankheiten in Industrieländern lenkt die Aufmerksamkeit von Verbrauchern, Ernährungsindustrie und Lebensmitteleinzelhandel (LEH) zunehmend auf Lebensmittel mit Zusatznutzen für die Gesundheit. Empfehlungen der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) zur Vorbeugung ernährungsbedingter Krankheiten zielen auf einen verminderten Konsum fettreicher Fleischarten wie Schweinefleisch und Fleisch von Lamm und Ziege bei gleichzeitigem Anstieg des Verzehrs von Rindfleisch ab. Vor diesem Hintergrund werden mit kanadischen Scannerdaten auf Lebensmitteleinzelhandels- wie auch Haushaltsebene detaillierte Analysen des Nachfrageverhaltens nach verschiedenen Hackfleischsorten mit unterschiedlichen Fettgehaltsstufen durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse...

The Economics of Health Behavior and Vitamin Consumption

Palavras-chave: Scannerdaten; AIDS-Modell; Multinominales Logit-Modell; Fleischnachfrage; Gesundheit; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52661

Schroeter, Christiane; Anders, Sven M.; Carlson, Andrea; Rickard, Bradley J..

Conventionally, fruits and vegetables have been the major source of micronutrients. However, with the rising availability of nutritional supplements, U.S. consumers no longer need to rely on food alone for their nutritional needs. Time-pressured consumers with limited cooking skills and nutrition knowledge may find it easier to take vitamin supplements. The objective of this paper is to determine the impact of lifestyle, diet behavior including vitamin supplement consumption, and food culture on diet quality outcomes as measured by the Healthy Eating Index-2005 (HEI) and total energy intake. We use the 2003-04 U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to examine the relationship between HEI and caloric intake. Further, our specific...

Assessing the Impact of Stricter Food Safety Standards on Trade: HACCP in U.S. Seafood Trade with the Developing World

Palavras-chave: Vitamins; Supplements; Fruits and vegetables; NHANES; Health production; Healthy Eating Index - 2005; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; I1; H2.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116391

Health risks associated with seafood products prompted the introduction of mandatory HACCP in the seafood industry in the United States in 1997. This paper quantifies the trade impact of this introduction by analyzing patterns of seafood imports to the U.S. over the period 1990 to 2004. The results of a gravity model using panel data suggest that HACCP had a negative and significant impact on overall seafood imports from the top 33 developing and developed countries selling into the U.S. For developing countries, the results support the view of "standards-as-barriers" versus "standards-as-catalysts" as the negative HACCP effect was experienced by developing countries, while the effect for developed countries was positive.

Markets Segmented by Regional - Origin Labeling with Quality Control

Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21338

Thompson, Stanley R.; Anders, Sven M.; Herrmann, Roland.

It is the objective of this paper to provide a methodological framework for the analysis of regional marketing programs which include regional-origin labeling as well as quality assurance and control. Such programs are increasingly introduced in Europe and other parts of the world as a means against quality uncertainty in globalized markets. An equilibrium - displacement model is developed for a segmented market with differential qualities that can be utilized for a broad variety of marketing programs. It is applied to one selected European case, i.e. "Gepruefte Qualitaet - Bayern". It is shown that the price impacts on high-quality and low-quality segments depend crucially on substitutive relationships between the markets and the advertising elasticities....

A Review of FDA Imports Refusals - US Seafood Trade 2000-2010

Palavras-chave: Regional-origin labeling; Segmented markets; Generic promotion; Gepruefte Qualitaet - Bayern; Economic welfare; Marketing.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25530

Anders, Sven M.; Westra, Sabrina.

The United States is the third largest consumer of seafood products in the world. The percentage of imported seafood consumed in the U.S. has steadily increased from 66% in 1999 to over 84% in 2009 (NOAA, 2010). Food safety, especially of imported foods and products from developing countries, has raised increasing concerns among American consumers and policy makers. Accordingly, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) (Ababouch et al. 2000) border inspection system is considered critical for ensuring the safety of domestic seafood consumers. However, the potential non-tariff barrier to trade posed by FDA regulations, especially for many developing country exporters have been frequently cited in the literature. This paper investigates trends and patterns...

Regional-Origin Labeling with Quality Control: An Economic Analysis

Palavras-chave: Import refusal reports; FDA; Import Alerts; Seafood; Trade barriers; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103877

Thompson, Stanley R.; Anders, Sven M.; Herrmann, Roland.

AGEING AND CONSUMPTION – THE IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE ON FOOD EXPENDITURE PATTERNS

Palavras-chave: Marketing.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24656

Anders, Sven M..

Populations in most developed countries are ageing while fertility is declining. Policy makers and researchers expect this demographic shift to induce major shifts in most Western societies, economies and public policies. Moreover, changing requirements, demands and public health pressures (e.g. diabetes) of ageing populations are expected are likely to alter food expenditure patterns for various goods categories, including food products. The objective of this paper is to investigate to what extent household's food expenditure patterns shift around retirement age and what role changes in time use spend on home production play in this context. More specifically this paper reviews literature relevant to economic literature that has evolved around Modigliani...

Branchenspezifische Besonderheiten im Innovationsverhalten des Ernährungsgewerbes: Eine empirische Analyse des Mannheimer Innovationspanels

Palavras-chave: Life-cycle hypothesis; Retirement consumption puzzle; Food expenditure; Canada; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116442

Kubitzki, Sabine; Anders, Sven M..

The article’s aim is to conduct a comparative cross-section analysis of the innovative behaviour of the German manufacturing industry. The peculiarities of the food industry are tested in a combined analysis based on both input and output indicators. Linear and logistic regressions are used to investigate the differences between the food industry and other branches of the manufacturing industry. In comparison to other branches, the food industry has lower research & development (R&D) expenditures whereas the import of research from more technology intensive sectors is high. Most of the released new products are improvements and imitations. Market novelties are rare. The development time for new products is relatively short compared to other...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Food industry; Innovation; Innovation behaviour; Innovation measurement; Input indicators; Output indicators; ZEW Innovation Panel; Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97205

The Effects of ITQ Management on Fishermen’s Welfare When the Processing Sector is Imperfectly Competitive

McEvoy, David M.; Brandt, Sylvia J.; Lavoie, Nathalie; Anders, Sven M..

In this paper we use a general model of imperfect competition to predict welfare changes within an open-access fishery transitioning to individual transferable quota (ITQ) management. Although related research has explored the effects of market power in the harvesting sector on ITQ performance, none have considered the implications of an imperfectly competitive processing sector. This study addresses this question specifically in the context of the Atlantic herring fishery, although its implications are relevant to all fisheries with similar industry structure. Our results show that ITQs could have a negative impact on fishermen’s welfare when processors have market power and the cap on aggregate harvest is binding or becomes binding with the...

Opportunities and Obstacles Facing Organic Farmers in the Czech Republic

Palavras-chave: ITQ; Imperfect competition; Welfare analysis; Fisheries; Risk and Uncertainty; D43; Q22; Q28; L13.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7389

Anders, Sven M.; Matejovsky, Lukas.

Standards-as-Barriers versus Standards-as-Catalysts: Assessing the Impact of HACCP Implementation on U.S. Seafood Imports

Palavras-chave: Farm Management.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44407

The United States mandated a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) food safety standard for seafood in 1997. Panel model results for the period 1990 to 2004 suggest that HACCP introduction had a negative and significant impact on overall seafood imports from the top 33 suppliers. While the effect for developed countries was positive, the negative HACCP effect for developing countries supports the view of “standards-as-barriers” versus ”standards-as-catalysts.” When the effect is analyzed at an individual country level a different perspective emerges. Regardless of development status, leading seafood exporters generally gained sales volume with the U.S., while most other smaller trading partners faced losses or stagnant sales.

Using Retail Scanner Data to Assess the Demand for Value-based Ground Meat Products in Canada

Palavras-chave: Food standards; International trade; Developed and developing countries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Q18; F14; L51.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7386

Anders, Sven M.; Moeser, Anke.

We apply a set of weekly Nielsen retail scanner data for the period 2006-2007 to estimate consumer demand of value-based ground meat products in the Canadian retail market. Our demand system results indicate that price responses are stronger for organic than for extra lean meat products. Additionally, while rising disposable incomes may shift consumers’ attention and purchases towards extra lean ground meat products, this result does not hold for organic ground beef. Our findings strongly suggest that ground meat demand is affected by traditional meat consumption patterns. Our analysis inform retail managers meat producers about potential market opportunities and expected consumer responses to changing economic determinants of popular retail ground meat...

Consumer preferences for ground beef packaged under a modified atmosphere

Palavras-chave: Meat demand; Value-based labelling; Scanner data; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44154

Grebitus, Carola; Jensen, Helen H.; Sebranek, Joseph G.; Roosen, Jutta; Anders, Sven M..

The main objective of this paper is to identify factors that determine consumers’ purchase decisions for ground beef offered with different packaging technologies. Consumers’ increasing knowledge about food technologies and changes in food labeling regulation influence agribusiness’ future product development and marketing strategies. Non-hypothetical choice experiments with ground beef, conducted in the USA, are used to quantify consumers’ valuation of technology-related attributes namely shelf life, color and packaging. How alternative types of information affect consumers’ WTP is of particular importance to processors and food safety analysts. This paper’s methodological contribution lies in applying advanced methods to elicit consumers' estimates of...

The Benefits and Costs of Proliferation of Geographical Labeling for Developing Countries

Palavras-chave: Non-hypothetical choice experiments; Modified atmosphere packaging; Ground beef; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q13; C9; D12.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51649

The Benefits and Costs of Proliferation of Geographical Labelling for Developing Countries

Food product attributes related to geographical origins are a topical issue in global food trade. The provision of geographical labeling may occur through geographical indications under the mandated trade rules of the TRIPS Agreement, through trademarks, or through country-of-origin labeling. The overall effect of the expansion of geographical labeling on developing countries depends on a complex mix of market opportunities that may yield substantial benefits as well as implementation costs. Increasingly, the analysis of this overall effect will need to evaluate the joint impacts of different forms of geographical labeling on the market position of developing countries.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Developing countries; Geographical labeling; International trade; TRIPS; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48794

Food product attributes related to geographical origins are a topical issue in global food trade. The provision of geographical labelling may occur through geographical indications under the mandated trade rules of the TRIPS Agreement, trademarks, or country-of-origin labelling. The overall effect of the expansion of geographical labelling on developing countries depends on a complex mix of market opportunities that may yield substantial benefits as well as implementation costs. Increasingly, the analysis of this overall effect will need to evaluate the joint impacts of different forms of geographical labelling on the market position of developing countries.

A Multi-Factorial Risk Prioritization Framework for Food-borne Pathogens

Palavras-chave: Developing countries; Geographical labelling; International trade; TRIPS; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; F13; Q13; O19.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42130

Henson, Spencer J.; Caswell, Julie A.; Cranfield, John A.L.; Fazil, Aamir; Davidson, Valerie J.; Anders, Sven M.; Schmidt, Claudia.

To lower the incidence of human food-borne disease, experts and stakeholders have urged the development of a science- and risk-based management system in which food-borne hazards are analyzed and prioritized. A literature review shows that most approaches to risk prioritization developed to date are based on measures of health outcomes and do not systematically account for other factors that may be important to decision making. The Multi-Factorial Risk Prioritization Framework developed here considers four factors that may be important to risk managers: public health, consumer risk perceptions and acceptance, market-level impacts, and social sensitivity. The framework is based on the systematic organization and analysis of data on these multiple factors....

The Economics of Geographical Indications: Welfare Implications

Palavras-chave: Risk analysis; Risk prioritization; Food-borne pathogens; Benefits and costs; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; I18; L51; Q00; K32; H11.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7385

Tauber, Ramona; Anders, Sven M.; Langinier, Corinne.

The debate over the “right way” of protecting geographical indicators (GIs) has resulted in a growing body of literature investigating the welfare effects of GI policies using economic modelling approaches. This paper presents a synthesis of a small yet growing number of analytical studies on GIs. We find that modelling results and related policy conclusions hinge on different assumptions regarding consumer preferences, quality differentiation and weights attributed to producer or consumer welfare measures. Inconclusive results regarding a pareto-optimal design of GI policy leave several unresolved issues to researchers and policy makers assigned with the welfare implications of GI-based market interventions.