Who Responds To Health, Environmental, And Economic Information About Local Food? Evidence From Connecticut Seafood Consumers

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• Journal Title:
  Aquaculture Economics & Management
• Personal Author:
  Tian, Yixing ; Croog, Rose ; Bovay, John ; Concepcion, Anoushka ; Getchis, Tessa L. ; Kelly, Miriah Russo
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  CONN (Connecticut Sea Grant)
• Description:
  We designed and implemented a discrete choice experiment to assess how information about the health, environmental, and economic benefits of locally produced aquaculture products affect Connecticut consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for products produced in the state, as compared with products from another state or another country. We find that information about local economic benefits tended to increase WTP for Connecticut-grown and -raised products, whereas information about health, safety, and the environment tended to decrease WTP for products from other regions. We also explore heterogeneous effects of the information treatments by respondent gender, education, and income.
• Keywords:
  Aquaculture Oysters Seaweed
• Source:
  Aquaculture Economics & Management
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2021.1945166
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  Grant no. NA14OAR4170086
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut
• Rights Information:
  Accepted Manuscript
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ea9ddfb87a1eb2bd953aa9d8e2f4024d5d6906c8b1efce6ce73992a54dfa578a
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/36924/noaa_36924_DS1.pdf
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