Welfare Effects of Food Miles Labels

Vincenzina Caputo, Achilleas Vassilopoulos, Rodolfo Nayga and Maurizio Canavari

Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2013, vol. 47, issue 2, 311-327

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We assessed the consumer welfare effects of two generic food miles labels: “carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission” label and “time and number of kilometers” label. Using data from a choice experiment, our results generally suggest that a mandatory labeling policy for either type of label would have a positive welfare effect. However, a label informing consumers about the time and number of kilometers the food product has traveled provides greater positive welfare effects than a label informing consumers about the amount of CO 2 emission .

Date: 2013
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