Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the income sensitivity of food consumption in Beijing, China, using an original household survey data set collected by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Design/methodology/approach – An Engel curve model is fit to the household data of nine...

There has been growing public opposition against genetically modified (GM) foods. Using a dichotomous choice contingent valuation methodology, we analyze the factors that affect the willingness to pay for GM-corn-fed beef by consumers in Spokane, Washington. The mean discount required to choose...

China has experienced dramatic economic growth and socio-demographic changes in the last three decades including rapid urbanization and an aging society in the coming decades. This paper analyses food-away-from-home (FAFH) consumption in urban China with respect to household composition, income,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the income sensitivity of food consumption in Beijing, China, using an original household survey data set collected by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Design/methodology/approach – An Engel curve model is fit to the household data of nine...

This study relates the social-demographic characteristics of urban Chinese consumers to their consumption of fluid milk. A Tobit model is estimated drawing on individual consumer survey data collected in urban Qingdao in China in 2005. The major results of this study indicate that fluid milk...