Assessing Consumers' Valuation of Cosmetically Damaged Apples Using a Mixed Probit Model

Chengyan Yue, Helen H. Jensen, Daren S. Mueller, Gail R. Nonnecke and Mark L. Gleason

No 18483, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Archive from Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Abstract: A mixed probit model was applied to survey data to analyze consumers' willingness to buy apples with cosmetic damage caused by the sooty blotch and flyspeck (SBFS) disease complex. The analysis finds consumers will pay a premium for organic production methods and for apples with low amounts of SBFS damage. Behavioral variables such as experience in growing fruit significantly affect the willingness to buy apples of different damage levels. Consumers' tolerance of very blemished apples is limited and they trade off production technology attributes for cosmetic appearance. Better understanding of this trade-off is important to organic producers' decisions about disease control.

Keywords: Food; Consumption/Nutrition/Food; Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.18483

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