Oxford
University Press has recently published a textbook by George Davis and Elena
Serrano, entitled, “Food and Nutrition Economics: Fundamentals for Health
Sciences.” This book is intended for upper level undergraduates, graduate
students, and health professionals. Though the title indicates it
is for the health sciences (it is being published by the Medical Division of
OUP), you may find it a useful reference for an economist as well. It is
effectively an intermediate micro-economics textbook with all the applications
being food but modifying the standard consumer and producer treatment to
incorporate food and nutrition targets or constraints within our standard
models. There are individual chapters on income, prices, convenience,
behavioral economics, neuroeconomics, food systems, cost-effectiveness and
cost-benefit analysis, among others.
Attached
you will find a brief description of the book and below is the link to the
Oxford University Press website giving more details, such as the table of
contents.
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