Discovering Niche Markets: A Comparison of Consumer Willingness to Pay for Local (Colorado Grown), Organic, and GMO-Free Products

By Maria Loureiro, S. Hine. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Plant Science, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States (2014, background): “…and Bernard, 2010; Huffman, 2010; Hartl and Herrmann, 2009; Volinskiy et al., 2009; Bukenya and Wright, 2007; Moon et al. 2007; Huffman et al., 2007; Carlsson et al., 2007; Tegene et al., 2003; Loureiro and Hine, 2002; Burton et al., 2001; Lusk et al., 2003; Moon and Balasubramanian, 2001).”
Consumer willingness to pay for locally grown products: the case of South Carolina (2009, background): “However, in recent years contingent valuation has been applied to measure consumer preferences for new products or products with new attributes or features, such as genetically modified products (Kaneko and Chern, 2005; Loureiro and Hine, 2002), or eco-labeled products (Loureiro, McCluskey and Mitte”
Comparing Willingness to Pay for Organic, Natural, Locally Grown, and State Marketing Program Promoted Foods in the Mid-Atlantic Region (2011, unknown): “Additionally, Loureiro and Hine (2002) surveyed Colorado consumers and concluded that they were willing to pay a higher premium for potatoes designated as Colorado Grown than for potatoes identified as organic or GMO-free.”
Local Food Systems: Concepts, Impacts, and Issues (2012, background): “Consumers with higher willingness to pay placed higher importance on quality (Brown, 2003; Carpio and Isengildina-Massa, 2009), nutrition (Loureiro and Hine, 2002), the environment (Brown, 2003), and helping farmers in their State (Carpio and Isengildina-Massa, 2009).”
Consumer Preferences for Locally Made Specialty Food Products Across Northern New England (2005, methodology): “This contrasts with the model of Loureiro and Hine (2002), who find a positive correlation between education and willingness- to pay. However, Govindasamy, Italia, and Thatch (1998) and Jekanowski, Williams, and Schiek (2000) found that highly educated consumers were the least likely to purchase loc”
Willingness to pay for locally produced foods: A customer intercept study of direct market and grocery store shoppers (2006, background): “Thompson and Kidwell (1998) found that families with children were more likely to buy organic produce than those without children, whereas Loureiro and Hine (2002) and Wang and Sun (2003) show the opposite.”