Consumer Likelihood to Purchase Chickens with Novel Production Attributes

John Bernard (), Pesek, John D., and Xiqian Pan

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2007, vol. 39, issue 3, 16

Abstract: Typical supermarket chickens are produced with novel or controversial attributes. This continues despite contrasting growth in consumer interest in organic and natural foods. This study surveyed Delaware consumers’ likelihood to purchase chicken given different attributes: free range, given antibiotics, irradiated, fed genetically modified (GM) fee, GM chicken, and price. Examining conjoint analysis data with a heteroskedastic two-limit tobit model, GM chicken and other novel attributes were found to lower purchase likelihood significantly. Understanding these results should help the industry meet consumer preferences while aiding its continued expansion to benefit workers and growers across the South.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.6058

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