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| Allender, William J.; Richards, Timothy J.; Fang, Di; Doyon, Maurice. |
| Spending on political advertising increases with every election cycle, not only for congressional or presidential candidates, but also for state-level ballot initiatives. There is little research in marketing, however, on the effectiveness of political advertising at this level. In this study, we conduct an experimental analysis of advertisements used during the 2008 campaign to mandate new animal welfare standards in California (Proposition 2). Using subjects' willingness to pay for cage-free eggs as a proxy for their likely voting behavior, we investigate whether advertising provides real information to likely voters, and thus sharpens their existing attitudes toward the issue, or whether advertising can indeed change preferences. We find that... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Animal Welfare; Proposition 2; Cage Free eggs; Willingness to Pay; BDM auction; Political Advertising; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; Public Economics. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104224 |
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