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New Tool (FooDS) Identifies Consumers' Views on Food Safety

Consumers' preferences and concerns for food- and meat-related issues have been tracked over the past 16 months. While current events have led to spikes in concern for and awareness of issues like E. coli and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), demands for meat products have remained steady despite high prices and adverse news events.

Jayson L. Lusk and Susan Murray

JEL Classifications: Q11, Q13, Q18

Keywords: Consumer Demand, Meat, Tracking, Willingness-to-Pay

 

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143rd Joint EAAE/AAEA Seminar: Call for Papers

Consumer Behavior in a Changing World: Food, Culture and Society

March 25-27, 2015

Naples, Italy

Theme
The main goal of the seminar is to provide an integrated multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of food consumption and consumer behavior. It aims to encourage broad discussion among economists, sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists and marketing scholars on the role of food consumption in the late modern society and on the need to adopt innovative tools for the analysis of consumer's behavior and choices.
Participants who would like to present a paper are requested to submit an abstract in English (max 3500 keystrokes including spaces; Times New Roman font, size 12, double spacing) before October 31st, 2014 using the Conf Tool Platform available on the website of the seminar: http://www.143eaae-aaea-seminar.org/ .
The abstract should indicate: the question addressed, theoretical background, methods, results and potential for discussion. Notification of acceptance/rejection will be communicated by December 1, 2014. The deadline for submission of the full version of accepted papers is February 28, 2015. Download the flyer for the call for papers for more information.
Dissemination
A selection of the best seminar papers will be considered, after an external double blind review process, for publication in a special issue of the British Food Journal, the Journal of Economic Psychology; in a special section of the International Journal of Food and Agribusiness Marketing and Psicologia della Salute. A special issue or section is also scheduled in Appetite.