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An exploratory study of environmental attitudes and the willingness to pay for environmental certification in Mexico
Husted, Bryan W.; Russo, Michael V.; Meza, Carlos E. Basurto - In: Journal of Business Research 67 (2014) 5, pp. 891-899
This paper explores how environmental attitudes of consumers in Mexico influence their willingness to pay a premium (or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010869762
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CSR and Trade: Informing Consumers about Social and Environmental Conditions of Globalised Production: Part I
Fliess, Barbara; Lee, Hyung-Jong; Dubreuil, Olivia L.; … - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2007
Focusing on consumer demands in OECD markets and voluntary initiatives taken in the private sector, this study investigates how consumers are informed about the social and environmental conditions under which products have been produced. Consumers of OECD increasingly attach importance to how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962898
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The Evidence Base for Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts of “Sustainable” Certification
Blackman, Allen; Rivera, Jorge - 2010
environmental and socioeconomic performance. This paper reviews the evidence on whether sustainable certification of agricultural … commodities and tourism operations actually has such benefits. It identifies empirical ex post farm-level studies of certification … considers the implications for future research. We conclude that empirical evidence that sustainable certification has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543889
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The Evidence Base for Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts of “Sustainable” Certification
Blackman, Allen; Rivera, Jorge - 2010
environmental and socioeconomic performance. This paper reviews the evidence on whether sustainable certification of agricultural … commodities and tourism operations actually has such benefits. It identifies empirical ex post farm-level studies of certification … considers the implications for future research. We conclude that empirical evidence that sustainable certification has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472747
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Valuing self-protection: income and certification effects for safe rooms
Eeing, Bradley; Kruse, Jamie Brown - In: Construction Management and Economics 24 (2006) 10, pp. 1057-1068
whether certification standards make the safe room investment more desirable. The main findings can be summarised as follows …. The mean willingness to pay for a safe room was $2,500. The value of certification by a national organisation increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005482438
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Consumer trust and willingness to pay for certified animal-friendly products
Nocella, Giuseppe; Hubbard, Lionel; Scarpa, Riccardo - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2007
of market incentives necessary to compensate all involved stakeholders. The market outcome of certification programs is … operating in the animal-friendly supply chain will respect certification standards. We examine these issues using a contingent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005634986
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Verifying Credence Attributes in Livestock Production
Olynk, Nicole J.; Tonsor, Glynn T.; Wolf, Christopher A. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42 (2010) 03
Livestock producers can respond to increasing consumer demand for certain production process attributes by providing verifiable information on the practices used. Consumer willingness to pay data were used to inform producer decision-making regarding selection of verification entities for four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008489904
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How safe is my food?: Assessing the effect of information and credible certification on consumer demand for food safety in developing countries
Birol, Ekin; Roy, Devesh; Torero, Maximo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
, while necessary, is not the sole condition for WTP and that credible information about and certification of food safety are …-income populations. In this experiment, we sold grapes with credible food safety certification labels and the exact same grapes (a … provided them with intensive information (a short documentation flier) describing what credible certification of food safety …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862329
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Consumer Willingness to Pay for Livestock Credence Attribute Claim Verification
Olynk, Nicole J.; Tonsor, Glynn T.; Wolf, Christopher A. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 35 (2010) 2
A choice experiment was used to determine consumer value for verification of livestock production process attributes. Willingness to pay for verification of production process attributes varied for both milk and pork chops across attributes and verifying entity. Statistically significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008643481
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Certification of sustainable forest management: differentiation strategies and asymmetric information
Costa, Sandrine; Ibanez, Lisette - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 3, pp. 393-414
quantity of wood marketed at the equilibrium. Associating a fixed certification cost to SFM reduces the number of wood … suppliers turning to sustainable management. For a high certification cost, profits made by wood suppliers might turn out to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005225673