Ethnocentrism Effects on Consumers’ Behavior during COVID-19 Pandemic

Giuseppina Migliore, Giuseppina Rizzo, Giorgio Schifani, Giuseppe Quatrosi, Luigi Vetri and Riccardo Testa
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Giuseppina Rizzo: Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Giorgio Schifani: Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Giuseppe Quatrosi: Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (ProMISE), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 9, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Luigi Vetri: Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy
Riccardo Testa: Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy

Economies, 2021, vol. 9, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has upset everyone’s normal daily activities, generating psychiatric disorders and changing consumers’ preferences. Among others, the agri-food sector has experienced strong changes and, during the lockdown period, Italian consumers modified their purchasing habits in response to the fear and uncertainty generated by the spread of the virus. In order to find out the main consequences of the shock suffered during the period and to understand which factors have affected purchasing choices, an online survey was conducted on 286 Italian consumers. The results show that ethnocentrism has been the factor that most has influenced consumers’ behavior during the lockdown period and that consumers will continue to prefer national agri-food products when pandemic will be over, constituting a deep change to future eating habits.

Keywords: agri-food products; Italian consumers; lockdown; neuropsychological effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E F I J O Q (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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