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Will Consumers Pay a Premium for Eco-labeled Apples?
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In this article, the authors assess the mean willingness to pay (WTP) for eco-labeled apples using a double-bounded logit model and conclude that female respondents with children, and strong environmental and food safety concerns are more likely to pay a premium for eco labeled apples.Citations
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Thinking green, buying green? Drivers of pro-environmental purchasing behavior
TL;DR: In this article, a two-step structural equation modeling approach was applied to test both the measurement and the structural model to identify major antecedents of everyday green purchasing behavior and for determining their relative importance.
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A Model for Fair Trade Buying Behaviour: The Role of Perceived Quantity and Quality of Information and of Product-specific Attitudes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a model for fair trade buying behavior in a sample of 615 Belgians and assessed the impact of fair trade knowledge, general attitudes towards fair trade, attitudes toward fair trade products, and the perception of the quality and quantity of fairtrade information on the reported amount of money spent on fair trade items.
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Consumer willingness to pay for locally grown products: the case of South Carolina
TL;DR: A contingent valuation framework is used to evaluate South Carolina consumers' willingness to pay for the "locally grown" characteristic in produce and animal products and identify the sociodemographic characteristics affecting consumer preferences for this characteristic.
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Consumer preferences and willingness to pay for food labeling: a discussion of empirical studies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss empirical research on consumer preferences and willingness to pay for several types of food quality or attribute labeling, including eco-labels, GM food labels, U.S. state agricultural product labels and European Protected Geographical Indication labels, BSE-tested-beef labels, and Fair Trade labels.
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A Study of the Diffusion of Alternative Fuel Vehicles: An Agent‐Based Modeling Approach*
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used an agent-based model to investigate factors that can speed the diffusion of eco-innovations, namely alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), in the automotive industry.
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Free Competition and the Optimal Amount of Fraud
Michael R. Darby,Edi Karni +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the reasons for and determinants of the provision by a firm of false information to a consumer so as to induce purchases which would not be made if the consumer possessed full information about the qualities of his purchase.
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Welfare Evaluations in Contingent Valuation Experiments with Discrete Responses
TL;DR: In this article, two distinct types of welfare measures are introduced and then estimated from Bishop and Heberlein's data, based on the hypothesis of utility maximization, and measures of compensating and equivalent surplus are derived from the fitted models.
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Statistical Efficiency of Double-Bounded Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation
TL;DR: In this paper, a double-bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation survey was proposed to improve the statistical efficiency of conventional dichotomy-choice contingent valuation surveys by asking each respondent a second question which depends on the response to the first question.
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Using Informational Labeling to Influence the Market for Quality in Food Products
TL;DR: In the United States, the federal government is increasingly using requirements for informational labeling on food products to influence consumers' knowledge and purchasing patterns and manufacturers' product offerings and marketing practices.
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Using Informational Labeling To Influence The Market For Quality In Food Products
TL;DR: In the United States, the federal government is increasingly using requirements for informational labeling on food products to influence consumers' knowledge and purchasing patterns and manufacturers' product offerings and marketing practices as discussed by the authors.
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