Does the Covid-19 affect food consumption patterns? A Transaction Cost Perspective

Q2 Social Sciences

Economia Agro-Alimentare Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI:10.3280/ecag2022oa13161

B. Polenzani, A. Marchini

引用次数: 1

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study transaction costs and their antecedents, in relation to the willingness to buy groceries online in Italy, and to observe the effect of Covid-19 is having in those. The study used a positivist deductive approach to the theory development. To evaluate the relations, we developed a PLS-SEM using SmartPLS version 3.3.3, and tested the model using WarpPLS 7.0. The pandemic's discomforts impact significantly the willingness to buy food online, and it is also a mediator between transaction costs and willingness to buy online. The findings may help those manufacturers struggling with low-performing e-commerce during the Covid-19 pandemic. When restrictions are enforced, manufacturers should take action to reduce the uncertainty associated with online shopping. From the political point of view, it highlights the need for institutional help in organising online supply chains.

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Covid-19会影响食物消费模式吗?交易成本视角

本研究的目的是研究交易成本及其前因，与意大利在线购买杂货的意愿有关，并观察Covid-19对这些成本的影响。本研究采用实证演绎法进行理论发展。为了评估这些关系，我们使用SmartPLS 3.3.3版开发了PLS-SEM，并使用warpppls 7.0对模型进行了测试。疫情带来的不适显著影响了网上购买食品的意愿，也是交易成本与网上购买意愿之间的中介。这一发现可能会帮助那些在Covid-19大流行期间挣扎于表现不佳的电子商务的制造商。当限制被强制执行时，制造商应该采取行动减少与网上购物相关的不确定性。从政治角度来看，这凸显了在组织在线供应链方面需要制度性帮助。

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来源期刊

Economia Agro-Alimentare Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

0.00%

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审稿时长

30 weeks

期刊介绍： Economia agro-alimentare/Food Economy is a triannual peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Franco Angeli Edizioni on behalf of the Italian Society of Agri-food Economics (SIEA), founded in 1996 by the then President of SIEA Fausto Cantarelli. It offers an international forum for the discussion and analysis of mono and interdisciplinary socio-economic, political, legal and technical issues, related to agricultural and food systems. It welcomes submissions of original papers focusing on agriculture, food, natural resources, safety, nutrition and health, including all processes and infrastructure involved in providing food to populations; as well as the processes, inputs and outputs involved in consumption and disposal of food and food-related items. Analyses also include social, political, economic and environmental contexts and human resource challenges. Submissions should be addressed to an international audience of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, and they may consider local, national, or global scales.