The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Food Consumption and Policy (Oxford Handbooks)

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. 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. 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 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 -- The 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 -- 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 Edited By Jayson L. Lusk, Jutta Roosen And Jason F. Shogren. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction PART I: THEORY AND METHODS 1. Constrained Utility Maximization and Demand System Estimation 2. Household Production Theory and Models 3. Risk Preferences and Food Consumption 4. Behavioral Economics and the Food Consumer 5. Discrete Choice Theory and Modeling 6. Hedonic Price Analysis in Food Markets 7. Non-Market Valuation: Stated Preference Methods 8. Non-Market Valuation: Experimental Methods 9. Consumer Demand in Vertically Differentiated Markets 10. Models of Horizontal Product Differentiation in Food Markets 11. Consumer Demand and Welfare in Equilibrium Displacement Models PART II: FOOD POLICY 12. Food Security Policy in Developed Countries 13. Food Security Policy in Developing Countries 14. Economic Development, Government Policies, and Food Consumption 15. Food Standards and International Trade 16. The Political Economy of Food Standards 17. Health Investments under Risk and Ambiguity 18. Private versus Third Party versus Government Labeling 19. Bans and Labels with Controversial Food Technologies 20. Nutritional Labeling 21. Food Safety Policy 22. Policy Evaluation and Benefit–Cost Analysis PART III: TOPICS AND APPLICATIONS 23. Globalization and Trends in World Food Consumption 24. Increasing and More Volatile Food Prices and the Consumer 25. Changing Nutritional Content of Food 26. Food Away From Home 27. Consumer Demand for Food Variety 28. Effects of Generic Advertising on Food Demand 29. Food Consumption and Health 30. Demographics and Food Consumption: Empirical Evidence 31. Habit Formation in Food Consumption 32. Demand for Meat Quality Attributes 33. Geographically Differentiated Products 34. Environmental Concerns in Food Consumption 35. Ethical Considerations and Food Demand Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z