Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Food Consumption and Policy (Innbundet (stive permer))

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.

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 Analysis and Product Characteristic Models; 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 vs. Third Party vs. Government Labeling; 19. Bans and Labels with Controversial Food Technologies; 20. Nutritional Labeling; 21. Food Safety Policy; 22. Policy Evaluation and Cost Benefit Analysis; PART III: TOPICS AND APPLICATIONS; 23. Globalization and Trends in Global Food Consumption; 24. Increasing Food Prices and the Consumer; 25. Changing Nutritional Content of Food; 26. Food Away from Home; 27. Changes in 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