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Bob Baulch - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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transfer costs spatial arbitrage and testing for Food Market integration
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997Co-Authors: Bob BaulchAbstract:Conventional tests for Food Market integration ask, often misleadingly, whether prices in different locations move together. In this paper an alternative methodology, the parity bounds model (PBM), is developed which uses information on transfer costs in addition to Food prices to assess the efficiency of spatial arbitrage. Monte Carlo experiments using data generated by a point-space spatial price equilibrium model show the PBM to be statistically reliable. An application to Philippine rice Markets demonstrates that the PBM detects efficient arbitrage when other tests do not. Copyright 1997, Oxford University Press.
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transfer costs spatial arbitrage and testing for Food Market integration
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997Co-Authors: Bob BaulchAbstract:Conventional tests for Food Market integration ask, often misleadingly, whether prices in different locations move together. In this paper an alternative methodology, the parity bounds model (PBM), is developed which uses information on transfer costs in addition to Food prices to assess the efficiency of spatial arbitrage. Monte Carlo experiments using data generated by a point-space spatial price equilibrium model show the PBM to be statistically reliable. An application to Philippine rice Markets demonstrates that the PBM detects efficient arbitrage when other tests do not.
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testing for Food Market integration revisited
Journal of Development Studies, 1997Co-Authors: Bob BaulchAbstract:This article considers the statistical performance of four commonly used econometric tests for Market integration: the Law of One Price, the Ravallion Model, cointegration and Granger causality. A spatial price equilibrium (SPE) model, that is subject to both production shocks and general price inflation, and mimics many of the key characteristics of integrated Food Markets, is constructed. The model is used to generate Food price time series of lengths that are typical of the short sample sizes available in most developing countries, for both instantaneously integrated and independent Markets. A series of Monte Carlo experiments on these artificial Food price time series are performed, which show that all four of the conventional tests for Market integration are statistically flawed.
Marie Buckley - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the convenience Food Market in great britain convenience Food lifestyle cfl segments
Appetite, 2007Co-Authors: Cathal Cowan, Marie Buckley, Mary MccarthyAbstract:Convenience Foods enable the consumer to save time and effort in Food activities, related to shopping, meal preparation and cooking, consumption and post-meal activities. The objective of this paper is to report on the attitudes and reported behaviour of Food consumers in Great Britain based on a review of their convenience Food lifestyle (CFLs). The paper also reports the development and application of a segmentation technique that can supply information on consumer attitudes towards convenience Foods. The convenience Food Market in Great Britain is examined and the key drivers of growth in this Market are highlighted. A survey was applied to a nationally representative sample of 1000 consumers (defined as the persons primarily responsible for Food shopping and cooking in the household) in Great Britain in 2002. Segmentation analysis, based on the identification of 20 convenience lifestyle factors, identified four CFL segments of consumers: the 'Food connoisseurs' (26%), the 'home meal preparers' (25%), the 'kitchen evaders' (16%) and the 'convenience-seeking grazers' (33%). In particular, the 'kitchen evaders' and the 'convenience-seeking grazers' are identified as convenience-seeking segments. Implications for Food producers, in particular, convenience Food manufacturers are discussed. The study provides an understanding of the lifestyles of Food consumers in Great Britain, and provides Food manufacturers with an insight into what motivates individuals to purchase convenience Foods.
Mehdi Zahaf - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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decision making process of community organic Food consumers an exploratory study
Journal of Consumer Marketing, 2008Co-Authors: Leila Hamzaoui Essoussi, Mehdi ZahafAbstract:Purpose – Substantial changes in the organic Food sector and recent studies on the Canadian organic Food Market are showing promising trends. However, community organic Food Markets are different from organic Food mainstream Markets. In a domain growing in theoretical and practical importance, the main objective of this paper is to develop an understanding and analysis of “community organic Food Market”.Design/methodology/approach – Focus groups were conducted and data collected were analyzed using content analysis.Findings – Five main themes emerged and brought contributions in terms of: organic Food definition and recognition, organic Food consumers' motivations, trust with regard to organic Food, labeling and certification process, organic Food distribution channels, and the proposition of a conceptual model of decision making with regard to organic Food consumers in small communities.Research limitations/implications – Data collection was conducted in only one small community location and should be ex...
George Philippidis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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influence of ethnocentrism and neo phobia on ethnic Food consumption in spain
Appetite, 2011Co-Authors: Dena M Camarena, Ana I Sanjuan, George PhilippidisAbstract:Abstract Over the last decade, a strong upsurge in Spanish immigration has fostered a thriving ethnic Food Market. To examine indigenous consumer predilections toward ethnic Foods, a carefully designed choice experiment is employed, with particular focus on ethnocentricity and Food neo-phobia traits on potential purchase decisions. Employing a two level nested logit model, consumers choose to accept/reject ethnic Foods, with a positive response met by a further series of different ethnic cuisine and consumption scenario alternatives. Bivariate tests reveal that higher ethnocentric and neo-phobic segments possess common socio-demographic characteristics, whilst neo-phobia plays a significantly stronger role in determining the probability of rejection. Further tests reveal culturally similar Mexican Food as the preferred ethnic Food across all consumption scenarios. Moreover, the ‘restaurant’ is the favoured format of consumption, whilst there is evidence of a strong association between specific ethnic Food types and consumption formats. The implications of our research suggest that in the short to medium turn, price is a strong strategic variable, whilst Marketing strategies must successfully isolate and exploit specific ‘ethnic Food/consumption scenario’ mixes. Finally, stronger messages emphasizing quality and convenience factors are seen as key to bolstering the underrepresented ‘home preparation’ ethnic Food Market in Spain.
Mary Mccarthy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the convenience Food Market in great britain convenience Food lifestyle cfl segments
Appetite, 2007Co-Authors: Cathal Cowan, Marie Buckley, Mary MccarthyAbstract:Convenience Foods enable the consumer to save time and effort in Food activities, related to shopping, meal preparation and cooking, consumption and post-meal activities. The objective of this paper is to report on the attitudes and reported behaviour of Food consumers in Great Britain based on a review of their convenience Food lifestyle (CFLs). The paper also reports the development and application of a segmentation technique that can supply information on consumer attitudes towards convenience Foods. The convenience Food Market in Great Britain is examined and the key drivers of growth in this Market are highlighted. A survey was applied to a nationally representative sample of 1000 consumers (defined as the persons primarily responsible for Food shopping and cooking in the household) in Great Britain in 2002. Segmentation analysis, based on the identification of 20 convenience lifestyle factors, identified four CFL segments of consumers: the 'Food connoisseurs' (26%), the 'home meal preparers' (25%), the 'kitchen evaders' (16%) and the 'convenience-seeking grazers' (33%). In particular, the 'kitchen evaders' and the 'convenience-seeking grazers' are identified as convenience-seeking segments. Implications for Food producers, in particular, convenience Food manufacturers are discussed. The study provides an understanding of the lifestyles of Food consumers in Great Britain, and provides Food manufacturers with an insight into what motivates individuals to purchase convenience Foods.