Jayson L. Lusk, Jutta Roosen, Jason Shogren

The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Food Consumption and Policy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This handbook brings together contributions from the top researchers in the economics of food consumption and policy. Designed as a comprehensive guide to academics and graduate students, it discusses theory and methods, policy, and current topics and applications.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Handbooks
• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 768
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 182mm x 63mm
• Gewicht: 1741g
• ISBN-13: 9780199569441
• ISBN-10: 0199569444
• Artikelnr.: 33718892

Autorenporträt

Jayson L. Lusk previously served on faculty at Purdue University and Mississippi State University. Prof. Lusk earned a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Kansas State University in 2000 and a B.S. in Food Technology from Texas Tech University in 1997. Lusk conducts research related to consumer behaviour and decision making, food and livestock marketing and policy, and non-market valuation. In the last 10 years, Lusk has published 4 books and over 100 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals, and has been invited to present his research at over 25 Universities. He is associate editor for six academic journals including the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Professor Roosen received her Ph.D. in Economics from Iowa State University in 1999. Her research concentrates on consumer economics with a focus on the consumer decision-making process and food consumption and retail, and new technologies. She is a member of the American Agricultural Economics Association and European Agricultural Economics Association Jason F. Shogren works on the behavioral underpinnings of private demand and public policy. Shogren is a fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, and a fellow of the Beijer Institute, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part I: Theory and Methods
* 1: Nicholas E. Piggott and Thomas L. Marsh: Constrained Utility
Maximization and Demand System Estimation
* 2: Wallace E. Huffman: Household Production Theory and Models
* 3: John A. Fox: Risk Preferences and Food Consumption
* 4: David R. Just: Behavioral Economics and the Food Consumer
* 5: W.L. Adamowicz and Joffre D. Swait: Discrete Choice Theory and
Modeling
* 6: Marco Costanigro and Jill J. McCluskey: Hedonic Analysis and
Product Characteristic Models
* 7: Fredrik Carlsson: Non-Market Valuation: Stated Preference Methods
* 8: Frode Alfnes and Kyrre Rickertsen: Non-Market Valuation:
Experimental Methods
* 9: Konstantinos Giannakas: Consumer Demand in Vertically
Differentiated Markets
* 10: Pierre R. Mérel and Richard J. Sexton: Models of Horizontal
Product Differentiation in Food Markets
* 11: Michael K. Wohlgenant: Consumer Demand and Welfare in Equilibrium
Displacement Models
* Part II: Food Policy
* 12: Parke Wilde: Food Security Policy in Developed Countries
* 13: Awudu Abdulai and Christian Kuhlgatz: Food Security Policy in
Developing Countries
* 14: William A. Masters: Economic Development, Government Policies and
Food Consumption
* 15: Ian Sheldon: Food Standards and International Trade
* 16: Johan F.M. Swinnen and Thijs Vandemoortele: The Political Economy
of Food Standards
* 17: Olof Johansson-Stenman: Health Investments under Risk and
Ambiguity
* 18: Julie A. Caswell and Sven M. Anders: Private vs. Third Party vs.
Government Labeling
* 19: Stéphan Marette and Jutta Roosen: Bans and Labels with
Controversial Food Technologies
* 20: Andreas C. Drichoutis, Rodolfo M. Nayga, Jr. and Panagiotis
Lazaridis: Nutritional Labeling
* 21: Sandra A. Hoffmann: Food Safety Policy
* 22: Sean B. Cash: Policy Evaluation and Cost Benefit Analysis
* Part III: Topics and Applications
* 23: Jacinto F. Fabiosa: Globalization and Trends in Global Food
Consumption
* 24: Joachim von Braun: Increasing Food Prices and the Consumer
* 25: Helen H. Jensen: Changing Nutritional Content of Food
* 26: Hayden Stewart: Food Away from Home
* 27: Christoph R. Weiss: Changes in Food Variety
* 28: Harry M. Kaiser: Effects of Generic Advertising on Food Demand
* 29: Fabrice Etilé: Food Consumption and Health
* 30: Luis Miguel Albisu, Azucena Gracia, and Ana Isabel Sanjuán:
Demographics and Food Consumption: Empirical Evidence
* 31: Sven-Olov Daunfeldt, Jonas Nordström, and Linda Thunström: Habit
Formation in Food Consumption
* 32: Ted C. Schroeder and Glynn T. Tonsor: Demand for Meat Quality
Attributes
* 33: Roland Herrmann and Ramona Teuber: Geographically Differentiated
Products
* 34: Mario F. Teisl: Environmental Concerns in Food Consumption
* 35: Mariah L. Loureiro: Ethical Considerations and Food Demand