Introduction / Mariah L. Loureiro Ethical considerations and food demand / Constrained utility maximization and demand system estimation / Nicholas E. Piggott, Thomas L. Marsh -- Household production theory and models / Wallace E. Huffman -- Risk preferences and food consumption / John A. Fox -- Behavioral economics and the food consumer / David R. Just -- Discrete choice theory and modeling / W.L. Adamowicz, Joffre D. Swait -- Hedonic price analysis in food markets / Marco Costanigro, Jill J. McCluskey -- Non-market valuation : stated preference methods / Fredrik Carlsson -- Non-market valuation : experimental methods / Frode Alfnes, Kyrre Rickertsen -- Consumer demand in vertically differentiated markets / Konstantinos Giannakas -- Models of horizontal product differentiation in food markets / Pierre R. Merel, Richard J. Sexton -- Consumer demand and welfare in equilibrium displacement models / Michael K. Wohlgenant -- Food policy. Food security policy in developed countries / Park Wilde -- Food security policy in developing countries / Awudu Abdulai, Christian Kuhlgatz -- Economic development, government policies and food consumption / William A. Masters -- Food standards and international trade / Ian Sheldon -- Political economy of food standards / Johan F.M. Swinnen, Thijs Vandemoortele -- Health investments under risk and ambiguity / Olof Johansson-Stenman -- Private versus third party versus government labeling / Julie A. Caswell, Sven M. Anders -- Bans and labels with controversial food technologies / Stephan Marette, Jutta Roosen -- Nutritional labeling / Andreas C. Drichoutis, Rodolfo M. Nayga, Jr., Panagiotis Lazaridis -- Food safety policy / Sandra A. Hoffmann -- Policy evaluation and cost benefit analysis / Sean B. Cash -- Topics and applications. Globalization and trends in world food consumption / Jacinto F. Fabiosa -- Increasing and more volatile food prices and the consumer / Joachim von Braun -- Changing nutritional content of food / Helen H. Jensen -- Food away from home / Hayden Stewart -- Consumer demand for food variety / Christoph R. Weiss -- Effects of generic advertising on food demand / Harry M. Kaiser -- Food consumption and health / Fabrice Etile -- Demographics and food consumption : empirical evidence / Luis Miguel Albisu, Azucena Gracia, Ana Isabel Sanjuan -- Habit formation in food consumption : empirical evidence / Sven-Olov Daunfeldt, Jonas Nordström, Linda Thunström -- Demand for meat quality attributes / Ted C. Schroeder, Glynn T. Tonsor -- Geographically differentiated products / Roland Herrmann, Ramona Teuber -- Environmental concerns in food consumption / Mario F. Teisl -- Ethical considerations and food demand / Mariah L. Loureiro
Summary:
"Historically, the challenge for humans has been to secure a sufficient supply of food to stave off hunger and starvation. As a result, much of the research on food and agriculture in the past century has focused on issues related to production efficiency, food supply, and farm profitability. In recent years, however, farmers, agribusiness, policy makers, and academics have increasingly turned their attention away from the farm and toward the food consumer and to issues related to food consumption. This handbook provides an overview of the economics of food consumption and policy and is a useful reference for academics and graduate students interested in food economics and the consumer-end of the supply chain. It is also relevant to those employed in food and agricultural industries, policy makers, and activist groups. The first section covers the application of the core theoretical and methodological approaches of the economics of food consumption and policy. The second part concentrates on policy issues related to food consumption. Several chapters focus on the theoretical and conceptual issues relevant in food markets, such as product bans, labeling, food standards, political economy, and scientific uncertainty. Additional chapters discuss policy issues of particular interest to the consumer-end of the food supply chain, such as food safety, nutrition, food security, and development. The final section serves as an introduction to particular issues and current topics in food consumption and policy."-- publisher description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.