Do consumers value nutritional labels?

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-268

  Loureiro, Maria L ^a   Gracia, Azucena ^b   Nayga Jr , Rodolfo M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumers; Europe; Mandatory; Nutritional label; Processed food; WTP

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745622107     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbl005     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Alfnes, F. (2004). Stated preferences for imported and hormone-treated beef: application of a mixed logit model. European Review of Agricultural Economics 31: 19-37.
2. Arrow, K., Solow, J., Portney, P., Leamer, E., Radner, R. and Schuman, H. E. (1993). Report of the NOAA panel on contingent valuation. Federal Register 58: 4601 -4614.
3. Berger, M. C. and Leigh, J. P. (1989). Schooling, self-selection, and health. Journal of Human Resources 24: 433-455.
4. Burton, M. (2001). Consumer attitudes to genetically modified organisms in food in the UK. European Review of Agricultural Economics 28: 479-498.
5. COM (Commission of the European Communities) (2000). White Paper on Food Safety, http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/library/pub/pub06_en.pdf. Accessed 15 March 2006.
6. Corsi, A. and Novelli, S. (2003). Measuring quality-constrained and maximum prices consumers are willing to pay for quality improvements: the case of organic beef meat. Presented at the 25th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, August, Durban (South Africa). http://www.iaae-agecon. org/conf/durban_papers/index.asp?session_id = 28&paper_id = 101. Accessed 15 March 2006.
7. Cranfield, J. A. L. and Magnusson, E. (2003). Canadian consumers' willingness-to-pay for pesticide free food products: an ordered probit analysis. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 6: 13-30.
8. Crutchfield, S., Kuchler, F. and Variyam, J. N. (2001). The economic benefits on nutrition labeling: a case study for fresh meat and poultry products. Journal of Consumer Policy 24(2): 185-207.
9. Cummings, R. G., Harrison, G. W. and Rutström, E. E. (1995). Homegrown values and hypothetical surveys: is the dichotomous choice approach incentive-compatible? American Economic Review 85: 260-266.
10. Cummings, R. G. and Taylor, L. O. (1999). Unbiased value estimates for environmental goods: a cheap talk design for the contingent valuation method. American Economic Review 89: 649-665.
11. Drichoutis, A., Lazaridis, P. and Nayga, R. M. (2005). Nutrition knowledge and consumer use of nutritional food labels. European Review of Agricultural Economics 32: 93 -118.
12. Fox, J. A. (1995). Determinants of consumer acceptability of bovine somatotropin. Review of Agricultural Economics 17: 51-62.
13. Golan, E., Kuchler, F., Mitchell, L., Greene, C. and Jessup, A. (2001). Economics of food labeling. Agricultural Economics Report No. 793. http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer793/AER793.PDF. Accessed 15 March 2006.
14. Grossman, M. (1975). The correlation between health and schooling. In: N. E. Terleckyj (ed.), Household Production and Consumption. New York: Columbia University Press, 147-211.
15. Haab, T. C., Huang, J.-C. and Whitehead, J. C. (1999). Are hypothetical referenda incentive compatible? A comment. Journal of Political Economy 107: 186-197.
16. Hanemann, M. (1989). Welfare evaluations in contingent valuation experiments with discrete response data: Reply. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 71: 1057-1061.
17. Hanemann, M., Loomis, J. and Kanninen, B. (1991). Statistical efficiency of double-bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 73: 1255-1263.
18. Harpan, D. A. and Welsh, M. P. (1999). Measuring goodness of fit for the double-bounded logit model: Comment. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 81: 235-237.
19. Harrison, G. W. (2006). Experimental evidence on alternative environmental valuation methods. Environmental and Resource Economics (in press).
20. Herriges, J. A. (1999). Measuring goodness of fit for the double-bounded logit model: Comment. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 81: 231-234.
21. Hoffman, E., Menkhaus, D., Chakravarit, D., Field, R. and Whipple, G. (1993). Using laboratory experimental auctions in marketing research: a case study of new packaging for fresh beef. Marketing Science 12: 318-338.
22. Hubbell, B. J., Marra, M. C. and Carlson, G. A. (2000). Estimating the demand for a new technology: Bt cotton and insecticide policies. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 82: 118-132.
23. Kenkel, D. (1991). Health behavior, health knowledge, and schooling. Journal of Political Economy 99: 287-305.
24. Kim, S.-Y., Nayga, R. M. and Capps, O. (2000). The effects of food label use on nutrient intakes: an endogenous switching regression analysis. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 25: 215-231.
25. Kim, S.-Y., Nayga, R. M. and Capps, O. (2001). Health knowledge and consumer use of nutritional labels: the issue revisited. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 30: 10-19.
26. List, J. A. (2001). Do explicit warnings eliminate the hypothetical bias in elicitation procedures?: Evidence from field auctions for sports cards. American Economic Review 91: 1498-1507.
27. List, J. A. and Gallet, C. A. (2001). What experimental protocol influence disparities between actual and hypothetical stated values? Environmental and Resource Economics 20:241-254.
28. Loomis, J. (1993). An investigation into the reliability of intended visitation behavior. Environmental and Resource Economics 3: 183-191.
29. Loomis, J., Kent, P., Strange, L., Frausch, K. and Covich, A. (2000). Measuring the total economic value of restoring ecosystem services in an impaired river basin: results from a contingent valuation study. Ecological Economics 33: 103-117.
30. Loureiro, M. L. (2003). Rethinking new wines: implications of local and environmentally friendly labels. Food Policy 28: 547-560.
31. Loureiro, M. L. and Hine, S. (2004). Preferences and willingness to pay for GM labeling policies. Food Policy 29: 467-483.
32. Lusk, J. L. (2003). Effects of cheap talk on consumer willingness to pay for golden rice. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85: 840-856.
33. Lusk, J. L., Feldkamp, T. and Schroeder, T. (2004a). Experimental auction procedure: impact of valuation of quality differentiated goods. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86: 389-405.
34. Lusk, J. L., House, L. O., Valli, C., Jaeger, S. R., Moore, M., Morrow, J. L., et al. (2004b). Effect of information about benefits of biotechnology on consumer acceptance of genetically modified food: evidence from experimental auctions in the United Stated, England, and France. European Review of Agricultural Economics 31: 179-204.
35. Lusk, J. L., Rosen, J. and Fox, J. A. (2003). Demand for beef from cattle administered growth hormones or fed genetically modified corn: a comparison of consumers in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85: 16-30.
36. McLean-Meyinsse, P. E. (2001). An analysis on nutritional label use in the Southern Unites States. Journal of Food Distribution Research 32: 110-114.
37. Mojduszka, E. M. and Caswell, J. A. (2000). A test of nutritional quality signalling in food markets prior to implementation of mandatory labelling. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 82: 298-309.
38. Mojduszka, E. M., Caswell, J. A. and Harris, J. M. (2001). Consumer choice of food products and the implications for price competition and government policy. Agribusiness 17: 81-104.
39. Nayga, R. M. (1996). Determinants of consumers' use of nutritional information on food packages. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 28: 303-312.
40. Nayga, R. M. (2000). Nutrition knowledge, gender and food label use. Journal of Consumers Affairs 34: 97-112.
41. Nayga, R. M. (2001). Effect of schooling on obesity: is health knowledge a moderating factor? Education Economics 9: 129-137.
42. Nayga, R. M., Lipinski, D. and Savur, N. (1998). Consumers' use of nutritional labels while food shopping and at home. Journal of Consumer Affairs 32: 106-120.
43. OECD (2004). Health Data, 2004. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. CD-ROM. ISBN: 92-64-10648-0.
44. Park, T., Loomis, J. B. and Creel, M. (1991). Confidence intervals for evaluating benefits estimates from dichotomous choice contingent valuation studies. Land Economics 67: 64-73.
45. Piedra, M. A., Schupp, A. and Montgomery, D. (1995). Household perceptions of the nutritional labelling of meats. Journal of Food Distribution Research 26: 54-60.
46. Piedra, M. A., Schupp, A. and Montgomery, D. (1996). Consumer use of nutrition labels on packaged meats. Journal of Food Distribution Research 27: 42-47.
47. Rigby, D. and Burton, D. (2005). Preference heterogeneity and GM food in the UK. European Review of Agricultural Economics 32: 269-288.
48. Schupp, A., Gillespie, J. and Reed, D. (1993). Consumer awareness and use of nutrition labels on packaged fresh meats: a pilot study. Journal of Food Distribution Research 29: 24-30.
49. Shine, A., Reilly, S. O. and O'Sullivan, K. (1997a). Consumer use of nutrition labels. British Food Journal 99: 290-296.
50. Shine, A., Reilly, S. O. and O'Sullivan, K. (1997b). Consumer attitudes to nutrition labelling. British Food Journal 99: 283-289.
51. Szykman, L. R., Bloom, P. N. and Levy, A. S. (1997). A proposed model of the use of package claims and nutrition labels. Journal of Public Policy and Marketing 16: 228-241.
52. Teisl, M. F., Boksteal, N. E. and Levy, A. (2003). Measuring the welfare effects of nutrition information. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83: 133-149.
53. Wang, G., Fletcher, S. M. and Carley, D. H. (1995). Consumer utilization of food labeling as a source of nutrition information. Journal of Consumer Affairs 29: 368-380.
54. Weaver, D. and Finke, M. (2003). The relationship between the use of sugar content information on nutrition labels and the consumption of added sugars. Food Policy 28: 213-219.
55. Yoo, S.-H. and Yang, H.-J. (2001). Application of sample selection model to double-bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation studies. Environmental and Resource Economics 20: 147-163.