CSA farms establish a loyal customer base and, potentially, market power. Two new empirical industrial organization (NEIO) approaches and survey data from Northeast CSA farms are used to determine the presence and extent of market power. Results suggest CSA farms exert only about 3.5 percent of...

Interest in establishing nationally uniform certification, labeling, and management standards for organic products grew out of concern that the existence of multiple standards led to consumer and supply chain confusion about, and lack of confidence in, these products. The National Organic...

Interest in establishing nationally uniform certification, labeling, and management standards for organic products grew out of concern that the existence of multiple standards led to consumer and supply chain confusion about, and lack of confidence in, these products. The National Organic...

We analyze the social and economic correlates of air pollution exposure in U.S. cities. Copyright (c) 2004 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.

Determinants of healthcare use among rural, low-income mothers and children were assessed using a 2-stage negative binomial model of joint mother/child choices and data from a multi-state, longitudinal study, Rural Families Speak. Maternal healthcare use increased with higher depression scores,...

Retail milk price responses to farm price changes were analyzed for Boston, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut. Prior research concluded asymmetries did not exist in the response of retail fluid milk prices to changes in farm prices. This study finds transmission rates were greater for the...

Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (MCOOL) was implemented on seafood in the United States on April 4, 2005. MCOOL exempts the foodservice sector and excludes processed seafood from labeling. This paper contributes to understanding the economics of the MCOOL law for seafood by showing that...

Pricing to market (PTM) has been examined extensively in the recent trade literature using Knetter's (1989) model. The technique is typically applied using export unit values that aggregate differentiated products. We examine the potential bias in PTM results when using export unit values using...

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