{"title":"Behavioral correlates of U.S. retail protein demand: The case of exercise-driven protein consumption","authors":"Justin D. Bina, Glynn T. Tonsor","doi":"10.1002/jaa2.142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.142","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The economic implications of the relationship between physical exercise and protein consumption are not well understood. Using consumer-level expenditure data obtained from an open-ended choice experiment and an Almost Ideal Demand System specification, demand for various retail protein goods is estimated separately for exercise-focused individuals and all other individuals. Exercise-focused individuals exhibit lower own-price sensitivity for all goods (0.28–0.83 lower in magnitude) and lower expenditure elasticities for most goods (0.03–0.19 lower). Substitution patterns are similar between the behavioral groups. These results indicate substantially different demand schedules for those who exercise and a need for future studies to consider behavioral determinants of food demand.</p>","PeriodicalId":93789,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"690-705"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaa2.142","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extreme weather events, food shopping behavior, and card spending","authors":"Ahmad Zia Wahdat, Jayson L. Lusk","doi":"10.1002/jaa2.140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.140","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We examine the impact of Hurricane Ian on food retail sales and consumer spending behavior in Florida. We show how shopping patterns evolved before and during the hurricane across 10 food and beverage categories, with significant stockpiling for commercially prepared foods, beverages, and meats/eggs/nuts categories. Using debit card data, we show that card spending peaked at general retail stores 5 days before the hurricane and then shifted to convenience and grocery stores. Our findings highlight the need for better stockpiling guidelines and supply chain solutions during extreme weather events, which are expected to increase due to climate change.</p>","PeriodicalId":93789,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"673-689"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaa2.140","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"US household demand system analysis for dairy milk products and plant-based milk alternatives","authors":"Oral Capps, Lingxiao Wang","doi":"10.1002/jaa2.138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.138","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using the QUAIDS model, we analyze interrelationships among dairy milk and plant-based milk alternatives (PBMA) for US households from 2018 to 2020 using NielsenIQ. We adopt the Shonkwiler–Yen methodology to account for censored observations. PBMA demand is inelastic, while milk products show elastic demand. PBMA substitutes for traditional white milk and organic milk. Traditional flavored milk and PBMA as well as lactose-free and organic milk are complements. PBMA and lactose-free milk are independent goods. Demographic factors like income, household size, and education significantly affect budget share, alongside women, infants, and children participation and the pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":93789,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"655-672"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaa2.138","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142867975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karina Gallardo, Alejandro Gutiérrez-Li, Jeffrey Luckstead, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr., Bernardita Sallato, Wei Yang
{"title":"H-2A workers' preferences for job attributes: Evidence from an experiment","authors":"Karina Gallardo, Alejandro Gutiérrez-Li, Jeffrey Luckstead, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr., Bernardita Sallato, Wei Yang","doi":"10.1002/jaa2.137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.137","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Diminishing labor availability is a pressing issue for US farmers. We surveyed H-2A farmworkers and conducted a discrete choice experiment to estimate their willingness to accept different job benefits. Respondents identified the opportunity to return home as the most valuable perk. The second highest valued job attribute was training in both English and machinery operation, followed by the employer offering housing amenities. The least valued benefit was the opportunity to earn overtime pay. This study provides new insights about the type of program modifications that might be valued more by workers in the context of proposals to modify labor rules.</p>","PeriodicalId":93789,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"633-654"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaa2.137","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142869186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Barry K. Goodwin, Roderick Rejesus, Ardian Harri, Keith Coble
{"title":"Directional aspects of crop yield correlation: Implications for insurance rating and contract design","authors":"Barry K. Goodwin, Roderick Rejesus, Ardian Harri, Keith Coble","doi":"10.1002/jaa2.136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.136","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We estimate directional anisotropic models of linear correlation for crop yields. We find that directional distances (i.e., the degree to which yield correlation decays depending on direction) tend to differ from one another, with east to west distances being “longer” than north to south distances (i.e., correlation tends to decline slower in the east to west direction), at least for the major crops of corn and soybeans. Results for wheat are somewhat ambiguous. However, in all cases, average yield aggregates made up of east to west linked counties tend to be more accurate than is the case for north to south linkages. Implications for rating and contract design in the US area yield federal crop insurance program are offered.</p>","PeriodicalId":93789,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"604-617"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaa2.136","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Major impacts of the US Renewable Fuel Standard on corn and soybean cultivation","authors":"T. Jake Smith, GianCarlo Moschini","doi":"10.1002/jaa2.134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.134","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We use rich spatial data on observed crop choices and ethanol production to estimate the local impacts of ethanol plants and the overall impact of the 2007 US Renewable Fuel Standard (the RFS2) on crop patterns. We find that the RFS2 increased total corn area by 9.7%, corn monoculture by 16.8%, and soybean area by 6.7%, with notable spatial heterogeneity in both the overall impact and the local effects of ethanol plants. The results indicate an RFS2-induced shift in the geography of corn and soybean cultivation within the Corn Belt—intensification in the core, and significant expansion near the periphery.</p>","PeriodicalId":93789,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"584-599"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaa2.134","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142244436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Universal social protection and gender disparities in food security: Insights from Nepal","authors":"Jayash Paudel","doi":"10.1002/jaa2.135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.135","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article exploits a sharp age cutoff for eligibility of a nationwide senior citizen allowance program in Nepal to show that a universal social protection increased the likelihood of receiving financial assistance among the elderly, but did not improve food consumption. Eligible females are 8.8 percentage points more likely to eat fewer meals induced by inadequate resources and 5.3 percentage points more likely to sleep hungry in response to inadequate food. This adverse effect is driven by multi-generational households with young children, implying that the program exacerbated gender disparities in food security through changes in household size and childcare duties.</p>","PeriodicalId":93789,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"618-632"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaa2.135","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revisiting the role of governance and institutions on agricultural production","authors":"Jessie Lin, Dela-Dem Doe Fiankor, Gabriel Rosero","doi":"10.1002/jaa2.132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.132","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper revisits the 2008 paper in Food Policy, “Governance and agricultural productivity: A cross-national analysis.” We estimate a country-level production function to assess the relationship between institutional indicators and agricultural production. We extend the analysis to a 22-year panel and use different functional forms. We test whether the governance and agricultural production effect varies across high and low-income countries. To check whether the choice of institutional measure drives the findings, we use two alternative indices. Our findings confirm the role of governance and institutions with quantitative differences in the estimates. We further discuss these and other heterogeneity in the paper.</p>","PeriodicalId":93789,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"556-571"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaa2.132","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142244273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retail assortment under demand shocks: Evidence from the US yogurt market","authors":"Meilin Ma, Fei Qin, Jayson L. Lusk","doi":"10.1002/jaa2.130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.130","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite extensive research on retailers' price responses to demand shocks, much less is known about their non-price responses. Using heterogeneity in timing, location, and magnitude of income and wealth shocks associated with the 2008 Great Recession, we explore how US retail stores adjusted product offerings under local demand shocks. We find that stores offer fewer products and varieties besides lowering prices. Using a structural demand model, we quantify the net welfare impact of the price and assortment adjustments. On average, the consumer welfare losses from variety reduction more than offset the welfare gains from price reductions.</p>","PeriodicalId":93789,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"522-536"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaa2.130","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142244604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Small-sample properties of robust willingness-to-pay estimators","authors":"Dayton M. Lambert","doi":"10.1002/jaa2.111","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jaa2.111","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The small-sample properties of robust, binary choice willingness-to-pay (WTP) estimators are analyzed. A Monte Carlo simulation compares the bias and mean-squared error of marginal and expected WTP estimates from probit, zero-centered <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>t</mi>\u0000 \u0000 <mi>ν</mi>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> ${t}_{{nu }}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> (“robit”), logit, and a generalized Tukey lambda distribution called a “pregibit” regression under normal and nonnormal distributional assumptions. Robust binary choice estimators allow for variation in tail thickness (the robit and pregibit) or tail asymmetry (the pregibit). No previous studies have compared the performance of these WTP estimators. The findings will interest researchers who use contingent validation methods to estimate WTP for nonmarket or hypothetical goods.</p>","PeriodicalId":93789,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"448-461"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaa2.111","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141830895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}