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| Cranfield, John A.L.. |
| An optimal advertising investment rule is derived for a vertically related, competitive market with traded final and raw goods and processing sector characterized by variable proportions technology and nonconstant returns to scale. An equilibrium displacement framework incorporating conditional factor demands is used to account for the elasticity of substitution between agricultural and nonagricultural inputs to the marketing channel. Simulation for the Canadian beef industry in the post-WTO environment demonstrates how optimal advertising intensity ranges between 0.05% and 0.22% of farm-level market revenue. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Marketing. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31084 |
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| Sparling, David; Cranfield, John A.L.; Henson, Spencer J.; Laughland, Pamela. |
| Bioproducts are often presented as one of the potential saviours of Canadian agriculture, offering non-food applications for agricultural products. However, relatively little is known about the sector or the characteristics of the firms. This paper presents an analysis of the Canadian bioproducts sector based on the first survey of bioproduct firms in Canada. The survey was performed by Statistics Canada in 2004 using 2003 firm results. The paper analyzes the responses to the bioproducts survey on two important dimensions, by region and firm size. The results indicate that for most of Canada's 232 bioproducts firms, bioproducts are just one part of the business activities, accounting for less than one third of employees and slightly more than one quarter... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34187 |
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| Cranfield, John A.L.. |
| Optimal investment rules are developed for a producer agency investing in domestic market generic advertising, export market promotion, and cost of production reducing research. Analytical results show fundamental difference in optimal investment rules when the producer group is assumed to maximise either producers' surplus or social surplus. Incorporating a constraint limiting total expenditure on the three activities substantially alters the structure of the optimal investment rules. Results highlight the importance of accounting for the financing mechanism when modelling optimal producer investment. Simulation of the optimal intensities suggests the proposed budget of the Canadian Beef Cattle Research Market Development and Promotion Agency... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34135 |
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| Cranfield, John A.L.; Magnusson, Erik. |
| A new crop production system has emerged in western Canada. Pesticide Free ProductionTM (PFPTM) emphasizes reduced pesticide use in conjunction with increased reliance on producer knowledge of agronomic practices that mitigate weed, insect and disease pressure. A contingent valuation survey was undertaken to determine if Canadian consumers would pay a premium for PFPTM food products. Over 65 percent of respondents would be willing to pay a one to ten percent premium relative to a conventional food product. Five percent of respondents would be willing to pay more than a 20 percent premium. Health and environmental concerns, willingness to switch grocery stores and youth are important characteristics of consumers who would be willing to pay higher premiums.... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34381 |
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| Cranfield, John A.L.. |
| This paper explores socio-demographic, economic and behaviour factors influencing body mass index (BMI) amongst 20 to 64 year old adults in Canada. BMI scores in Canada have increased, with gains stemming from disproportionate increases in female BMI. Econometric results indicate higher BMI scores for males, those born in Canada, those in food insecure homes and whites. Age-gender interactions suggest different patterns of BMI adjustment over the life of males and females; a pronounced inverse quadratic relationship between with age and male BMI is noted, while female BMI increases with age. Education, used as a gauge of inequality, is inversely related to BMI, while income has a muted effect. BMI is inversely related to level of physical activity, an... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Obesity; BMI; Canada; Socio-demographic; Economic; Adults; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; I10; J1. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6837 |
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| Cranfield, John A.L.; Herath, Deepananda P.B.; Henson, Spencer J.; Sparling, David. |
| Growing consumer interest in functional foods and nutraceuticals has been seen as a significant business opportunity for the agri-food sector. Many of the new firms in this sector are small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). These SMEs often face difficulties in obtaining financing for their functional food and nutraceutical innovation activities. We develop and implement two models to show what factors affect a firm's decision to seek external financing and the level of financing obtained. Firm size, being privately held and engaging in contractual arrangements, have negative impacts on the likelihood of a firm seeking external funding, while firms which are intensively involved in the functional food and nutraceutical sector, with greater prospects... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21196 |
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| Hertel, Thomas W.; Preckel, Paul V.; Cranfield, John A.L.; Ivanic, Maros. |
| Poverty reduction is an increasingly important consideration in the deliberations over multilateral trade liberalization. However, the analytical procedures used to assess the impacts of multilateral trade liberalization on poverty are rudimentary, at best. Most poverty studies have focused on a single country using detailed household survey data. When it comes to multi-country, global trade liberalization analyses, researchers are forced to resort to a discussion of average, or per capita effects, suggesting that if per capita real income rises, then poverty will fall. As we show in this paper, such an inference can be misleading. Our paper combines results from a newly available international, cross-section consumption analysis for 1996, with earnings... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28697 |
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| Hertel, Thomas W.; Ivanic, Maros; Preckel, Paul V.; Cranfield, John A.L.. |
| "Globalization increases poverty" is a common assertion made by critics of globalization. The proliferation of low-wage jobs and higher food prices are some of the arguments brought forward in support of this argument. One of the hallmarks of globalization is the systematic dismantling of barriers to trade. Advocates of trade liberalization particularly industrialized country agriculture reform argue that the ensuing rise in world prices for agriculture products will boost rural incomes, thereby reducing poverty in the poorest countries, where the bulk of world poverty resides. Who is right? The goal of this paper is take a systematic look at the structure of poverty across a range of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28691 |
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| Cranfield, John A.L.. |
| A rational rank four AIDS model (RAIDS) is used to estimate consumer demands for final goods and services in countries spanning the development spectrum. RAIDS is used as it provides more general price and expenditure responses. It also nests the Quadratic and non-liner AIDS models. RAIDS is estimated using the entire sample and sub-samples based on the country's level of per capita expenditure. Results indicate selection of nested functional form differs by sub-sample. AIDS is selected for the low per capita expenditure countries, sample is considered. Differences in parameter estimates manifest themselves in price and Engel elasticities. Such differences warrant caution when using global demand systems to undertake policy analysis. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Consumer demand; Model selection; Demand system rank; Demand and Price Analysis. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34111 |
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| Cranfield, John A.L.; Haq, Zahoor Ul. |
| The impact of rising global food prices on consumer welfare is investigated. A quadratic AIDS model is estimated using data spanning countries at various levels of economic development. Statistical comparison suggests the QUAIDS model is preferred over the non-linear AIDS model. Estimated parameters are used to calibrate a QUAIDS indirect utility function and base utility for welfare analysis. Compensated variation associated with recently observed food price inflation for different foods in different income cohorts of countries is calculated. Per capita compensated variation increases with per capita expenditure. However, per capita compensated variation expressed as a percent of per capita expenditure falls as one moves from less developed to more... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58894 |
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| Brown, Jennifer; Cranfield, John A.L.; Henson, Spencer J.. |
| This study estimates Canadian consumers' willingness to pay for food safety improvements and identifies systematic misassessments of food-borne risks. Non-hypothetical experimental auctions were used to elicit consumer valuations of food safety improvement. Consistent with behavioural research, results suggest that subjects generally overestimate the likelihood of becoming ill due to food-borne disease relative to scientifically-estimated odds. Subjects were willing to pay a positive amount to reduce food-safety risk. Risk reductions' valuations increased with higher initial risk, supporting arguments of diminishing marginal value for risk reductions. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22194 |
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| Cranfield, John A.L.. |
| Persistence of price-cost margins in the U.S. food and tobacco manufacturing industries is measured while accounting for price-cost margin risk. Direct measurement of persistence and of long- and short-run price-cost margin risk is accomplished by incorporating a partial-adjustment framework into the Single Index Model. Results indicate persistence of price-cost margins. Short-run margin risk is accounted for primarily by diversifiable risk. Long-run margin risk, which depends on systematic risk alone, is generally lower than the short-run measure. Factors influencing persistence and the systematic relationship between industry margins and a market index are explored. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26625 |
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