Presentation
Consumer confidence in Food Safety and the 2010 egg recall
Economics Presentations, Posters and Proceedings
Document Type
Presentation
Disciplines
Conference
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2012 Annual Meeting
Publication Version
Submitted Manuscript
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Conference Title
2012 AAEA Annual Meeting
Conference Date
August 12-14, 2012
Geolocation
(47.6062095, -122.3320708)
Abstract
Iowa egg producers recalled nearly 500 million eggs in August 2010. The typical effect of a recall is to cause a decline in the demand for the affected product, yielding a decrease in the price. In the case of August 2010 egg recall, the price of eggs increased in the following weeks. This essay investigates the market effects of the egg recall. I estimate a system of simultaneous equations that includes supply and demand equations for the two main segments of the US industry. This essay offers preliminary evidence of the market effects of the August 2010 egg recall and describes the methodology to estimate the shift in consumers’ willingness to pay for eggs accounting for the diversion of eggs in the other segment of the industry.
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Copyright 2012 by Sebastien Pouliot. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies.
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The Authors
Copyright Date
2012
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Sebastien Pouliot. "Consumer confidence in Food Safety and the 2010 egg recall" Seattle, Washington(2012) p. 1 - 25 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sebastien-pouliot/23/
This is a Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s 2012 AAEA Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, August 12- 14, 2012.