2002 World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists

This paper deals with the results of a French survey led in 2001 on 1000 French pork consumers. This survey aimed at ranking and valuing different attributes of pork chops as food safety, taste, environmental respect of pig husbandry and respect of pig welfare. In the questionnaire, the valuation exercise considers explicitly the substitution pattern of "improved" pork meat for standard pork meat. It also considers the effect of this substitution on the global pork consumption. Econometric models are presented, dealing with the ranking of the attributes or with their economic valuation. The ranking is modelled using a rank ordered specification. Stated willingness to pay is modelled using an ordered probit specification with known thresholds. The more striking result is the prominent position of food safety in consumers' interests. This interest is increased with the presence of young children in the household.



	Paper Title:	Food Safety In The Demand For Meat Quality: The Case Of Pork Chops In France
	Presenting Author:	Alain Carpentier (INRA-Rennes)
	Coauthor 1:	Karine Latouche
	Coauthor 2:	Pierre Rainelli
	Coauthor 3:
	Abstract:	This paper deals with the results of a French survey led in 2001 on 1000 French pork consumers. This survey aimed at ranking and valuing different attributes of pork chops as food safety, taste, environmental respect of pig husbandry and respect of pig welfare. In the questionnaire, the valuation exercise considers explicitly the substitution pattern of "improved" pork meat for standard pork meat. It also considers the effect of this substitution on the global pork consumption. Econometric models are presented, dealing with the ranking of the attributes or with their economic valuation. The ranking is modelled using a rank ordered specification. Stated willingness to pay is modelled using an ordered probit specification with known thresholds. The more striking result is the prominent position of food safety in consumers' interests. This interest is increased with the presence of young children in the household.
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	Session / Day / Time	1H / Monday / 8:00 - 10:00 am

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