This paper offers a possibility of bringing household analysis into Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling. In this research, the CGE model developed by the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) is extended. The extended GTAP model splits private consumption into ten different household...

This study relates social-demographic characteristics of Vietnamese households to their consumption of meat. Tobit models are estimated drawing on the latest Vietnamese Household Living Standard Survey in 2010 (VHLSS 2010). The analysis of demand for pork and poultry in Vietnamese households...

This study employs a choice experiment approach to investigate consumers’ preferences and WTP for organic food products. We use mixed logit models to examine preference heterogeneity. The results revealed significant heterogeneity in preferences for organic apples, milk, and beef product...

This paper reviews the application of household production theory to health and nutrition and their determinants in the economics literature. We examine 17 recent studies applying this approach and analyse how they model utility functions, elementary goods, and production processes....

The 2003 reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy of the Euro-pean Union allowed for discretionary implementation among member states. Discretion was allowed with respect to the timing and the degree of decoupling of policy support. Differences among member states were particularly apparent in...

In this study, Vietnamese households’ expenditure on dairy products for home consumption is analyzed using the latest Vietnamese Household Living Standard Survey datasets in 2010 (VHLSS 2010). Vietnam is the 20th most important importer of dairy products in the world and it is foreseeable that...

Die Effizienz des Produktionsfaktors Energie gewinnt durch steigende Energiekosten und die nationalen CO²-Emmissionsziele an Bedeutung. In Deutschland existieren im produzierenden Gewerbe sowie in der Landwirtschaft eine Vielzahl kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen (KMU) deren...

In diesem Beitrag wird der Frage nachgegangen, welchen Einfluss Familie und soziales Umfeld auf Investitionen in erneuerbare Energieerzeugung auf landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben in den Jahren bis 2012 gehabt haben. In einer mündlichen Befragung im Rahmen der EUROTIER 2012 wurden 235...

Due to its high resource use and negative impacts on the environment (e.g. climate effects and land-use intensity) the production of animal-based food products is increasingly criticized. Moreover, high consumption of meat is linked with negative impacts on consumer health. In light of these...

Die Beschwerdeführer auf Lebensmittelklarheit spiegeln ein schwer nachvollziehbares Verbraucherverhalten wider: Führt ein niedriger Involvementgrad bei Lebensmitteln zu einer verminderten Wahrnehmung von Produktinformationen und einer damit verbundenen Einsparung der knappen Ressource Zeit,...