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Can Willingness-To-Pay Values be Manipulated? Evidences from an Experiment on Organic Food in China

Xiaohua, Yu; Binjian, Yan; Zhifeng, Gao - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2014

willingness to pay (WTP) are sensitive to time pressure and cognitive load levels in practice. An experiment with 233 students is … load levels. Results show that (1) increasing cognitive load could significantly reduce consumers’ WTP for organic food …; and (2) time pressure does not have significant impact on WTP values. Such results remind us of being particularly …

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Combining Consumer Valuation Research with Sensory Science Techniques: A Laboratory Experiment

Gustafson, Christopher R.; Lybbert, Travis J.; Sumner, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

are very important in explaining WTP for wine attributes. The contributions of prestigious appellations to the value of … even after tasting the wine, appellation and expert ratings still mattered for WTP. Overall, the research describes a …

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Smallholder marketed surplus and input use under transactions costs: maize supply and fertilizer demand in Kenya

Arega, D.A.; Manyong, Victor M.; Omanya, G.; Mignouna, H.D. - 2008

This paper assessed the effects of transactions costs—relative to price and non-price factors—on smallholder marketed surplus and input use in Kenya. A selectivity model was used that accounts not only for the effects of fixed and variable transactions costs but also for the role of assets,...

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Asymmetric Intra-household Allocation of Calories in China: Implication for Demographic Bias and the Need for Demographic Targeting

Shimokawa, Satoru - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

This article questions the assumption of symmetric consumption behavior in the conventional analysis of intra-household calorie allocation. It proposes a framework that takes into account asymmetric consumption behavior due to liquidity constraints or loss aversion. Using panel data from China,...

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Linking Farmers to Markets through Modern Information and Communication Technologies in Kenya

Mukhebi, A.W.; Kundu, J.; Okolla, A.; Wambua, M.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

This paper highlights a market information and linkage system (MILS) developed and tested by the Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange Limited (KACE) that increases the efficiency of agricultural markets to work better for smallholder farmers and other small and medium sized agro-enterprises...

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Smallholder marketed surplus and input use under transactions costs: maize supply and fertilizer demand in Kenya

Arega, D.A.; Manyong, Victor M.; Omanya, G.; Mignouna, H.D. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

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Alternative to Disincentive Rice Producer Prices in Madagascar: Case Study in Alaotra Prefecture and Bongolava Prefecture

Ralandison, Tsilavo; Shiratake, Yoshiharu - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

This study identifies the reasons for low producer prices of rice that have not covered its production costs for many years in Madagascar. The following points will be discussed: the farmers’ marketing conditions and the rural rice market structure, including the functions of each intervening...

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Obesity in Urban Food Markets: Evidence from Geo-referenced Micro Data

Chen, Susan E.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Snyder, Samantha D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

This paper provides quantitative estimates of the effect of proximity to fast food restaurants and grocery stores on obesity in urban food markets. Our empirical model combined georeferenced micro data on access to fast food restaurants and grocery stores with data about salient personal...

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Commodity Price Volatility and Nutrition Vulnerability

Verma, Monika; Hertel, Thomas W. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

In this paper we examine the impact of commodity price volatility on nutritional attainment of households at the nutritional poverty line in Bangladesh. We focus on the first two moments of the distribution of nutrition and consider the differential impacts across socio-economic groups within...

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