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Daniele Moro
Bio: Daniele Moro is an academic researcher from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. The author has contributed to research in topics: Common Agricultural Policy & Willingness to pay. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 52 publications receiving 1436 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors derive a general elasticity representation of the necessary and sufficient conditions for direct weak separability of the utility function, and apply it to three common demand systems: the Almost Ideal, Translog, and Rotterdam.
Abstract: We derive a general elasticity representation of the necessary and sufficient conditions for direct weak separability of the utility function. Parametric restrictions required to implement the separability conditions are presented for three common demand systems: the Almost Ideal, Translog, and Rotterdam. Our empirical application uses the Rotterdam model to test a few separable structures within a complete U.S. demand system emphasizing food commodities. Results, based on size-corrected likelihood ratio tests, provide support for commonly used separability assumptions about food and meat demand.
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TL;DR: In this article, the impact of price uncertainty is accounted for in the specific decision-making structure of the European Union (EU) arable crop producers under nonlinear mean-variance risk preferences.
Abstract: The size of the insurance and wealth effects of a change in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for arable crops is estimated. The impact of price uncertainty is accounted for in the specific decision-making structure of the European Union (EU) arable crop producers under nonlinear mean-variance risk preferences. A system of output supply, input demand, and land allocation equations is estimated on a sample of Italian specialized arable crop farms. The simulation of the impact of the recent reforms confirms that farmers' output responses are consistently affected by the size of the insurance and wealth effects.
192 citations
01 Jan 2000
TL;DR: In this article, consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for food products obtained through the application of biotechnology using data collected from a c onsumer survey in Italy in 1999 was evaluated.
Abstract: This paper evaluates consumer willingness-to-pay (WTP) for food products obtained through the application of biotechnology using data collected from a c onsumer survey in Italy in 1999. Survey results show that consumers have a low degree of knowledge of the issue, but an overall positive attitude towards genetically modified (GM) foods. Estimation results of an ordered probit model suggest that WTP is mainly affected by income and information.
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TL;DR: In this article, the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy arable crop regime on farm investment and output was analyzed, introducing explicitly farmers' risk attitudes into a dynamic dual model of farm decision-making.
Abstract: This paper analyses the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy arable crop regime on farm investment and output, introducing explicitly farmers' risk attitudes into a dynamic dual model of farm decision-making. Estimation and simulation results are based on a Farm Accounting Data Network sample of Italian arable farms. The main finding is that an increase in intervention price would significantly affect farm investment, mainly through reduced price volatility, while policy changes not affecting price uncertainty, like an increase in the Single Farm Payment, would have a much smaller impact. Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2009; all rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.
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01 Jan 1999TL;DR: In this article, the authors modelisons le regime de la PAC applique aux cultures arables, en utilisant une approche duale qui nous permet de mesurer en termes d'elasticites the reponse de la production and des decision d'allocation des surfaces au schema des paiements compensatoires.
Abstract: Dans cet article, nous modelisons le regime de la PAC applique aux cultures arables, en utilisant une approche duale qui nous permet de mesurer en termes d'elasticites la reponse de la production et des decision d'allocation des surfaces au schema des paiements compensatoires. Nous appliquons cette methodologie a un echantillon d'exploitations du Nord de l'Italie, sur la periode de transition de la reforme de la PAC. Le modele estime nous permet d'evaluer, pour la region consideree, les effets, en termes d'offre et d'allocation des surfaces, de la reforme de l'Agenda 2000 et d'analyser son degre de decouplage.
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TL;DR: A theme of the text is the use of artificial regressions for estimation, reference, and specification testing of nonlinear models, including diagnostic tests for parameter constancy, serial correlation, heteroscedasticity, and other types of mis-specification.
Abstract: Offering a unifying theoretical perspective not readily available in any other text, this innovative guide to econometrics uses simple geometrical arguments to develop students' intuitive understanding of basic and advanced topics, emphasizing throughout the practical applications of modern theory and nonlinear techniques of estimation. One theme of the text is the use of artificial regressions for estimation, reference, and specification testing of nonlinear models, including diagnostic tests for parameter constancy, serial correlation, heteroscedasticity, and other types of mis-specification. Explaining how estimates can be obtained and tests can be carried out, the authors go beyond a mere algebraic description to one that can be easily translated into the commands of a standard econometric software package. Covering an unprecedented range of problems with a consistent emphasis on those that arise in applied work, this accessible and coherent guide to the most vital topics in econometrics today is indispensable for advanced students of econometrics and students of statistics interested in regression and related topics. It will also suit practising econometricians who want to update their skills. Flexibly designed to accommodate a variety of course levels, it offers both complete coverage of the basic material and separate chapters on areas of specialized interest.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a set of search tools and a limited number of comprehensive key words to identify the determinants of the valuation of GM foods and formulate some policy strategies to deal with public uncertainly regarding to GMOs and especially GM food.
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TL;DR: The Stone index typically used in estimating linear almost ideal demand systems is not invariant to changes in units of measurement, which may seriously affect the approximation properties of the model as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The Stone index typically used in estimating linear almost ideal demand systems is not invariant to changes in units of measurement, which may seriously affect the approximation properties of the model. A modification to the Stone index, or use of a regular price index instead, are both desirable practices in estimating linear AI models.
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TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical model of consumer response to publicized food safety information on meat demand is developed with an empirical application to U.S. meat consumption, and the authors find that the average response to food safety concerns is small, especially in comparison to price effects, and to previous estimates of health related issues.
Abstract: A theoretical model of consumer response to publicized food safety information on meat demand is developed with an empirical application to U.S. meat consumption. Evidence is found for the existence of pre-committed levels of consumption, seasonal factors, time trends, and contemporaneous own- and cross-commodity food safety concerns. The average demand response to food safety concerns is small, especially in comparison to price effects, and to previous estimates of health related issues. This small average effect masks periods of significantly larger responses corresponding with prominent food safety events, but these larger impacts are short-lived with no apparent food safety lagged effects on Food safety concerns in the United States have dramatically increased in the past decade with regard to incidences of contaminated meat products. Concerns have arisen because contaminated meat products can result in serious risk to the well being and health of consumers. Contamination comes from a myriad of sources, including but not limited to, outbreaks of Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli (E. coli), and Salmonella (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Food safety problems are not isolated to the United States as other unsafe contaminates in meats have emerged across the world, including highly publicized outbreaks of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in Europe. The potential impacts of publicized food safety events on consumer’s demand for meat products in the United States include own-effects on the demand for the contaminated meat involved as well as cross-effects impacting the demand for other meats. The objective of this article is to investigate whether publicized food safety concerns surrounding beef, pork, and poultry (chicken and turkey) have impacted meat consumption. Food safety indices are constructed separately for beef, pork, and poultry
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TL;DR: In this paper, a meta-analysis was conducted of 25 studies that, in aggregate, report 57 valuations for GM food and found that 89% of the variation in existing value estimates for genetically modified food can be explained by an econometric model that controls for the characteristics of the sample of consumers studied, the method for eliciting consumers' valuation, and characteristics of foods being valued.
Abstract: A plethora of research in recent years has been devoted to estimating consumer demand for genetically modified food, an important piece of information needed to create appropriate public policy. To examine this body of work, a meta-analysis was conducted of 25 studies that, in aggregate, report 57 valuations for GM food. F!indings indicate as much as 89% of the variation in existing value estimates for genetically modified food can be explained by an econometric model that controls for (a) the characteristics of the sample of consumers studied, (b) the method for eliciting consumers' valuation, and (c) characteristics of the food being valued. Each of these factors has a statistically significant effect on estimated premiums for non-GM food. Results of this study effectively summarize the extant literature on consumer demand for genetically modified food and permit the creation of some stylized facts that are not conditional on the results of one particular study. This paper also illustrates the effect of methodological choices on valuation estimates and reports a model which allows researchers and policy makers to quickly generate valuation measures for use in marketing or costhenefit analysis.
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