Valuing Animal Welfare Labels with Experimental Auctions: What do we learn from Consumers?

Azucena Gracia, Maria Loureiro and Rodolfo Nayga

No 51918, 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: In this paper two types of experimental auctions (endowment and full bidding) are used to elicit consumer preferences towards different labels providing information on animal welfare practices. The three types of labeling schemes evaluated are the comprehensive “animal welfare label”, the “good animal housing”, and the “good human-animal relation and transport conditions”. Our results suggest that there are no statistically significant differences in the elicited values across labelling schemes. However, there are clear differences across auction types. Bids elicited from auctions in which participants were endowed with the product are higher than those from auctions in which participants had to fully bid for the product. Recommendations and policy implications derived from our findings are discussed.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Livestock Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.51918

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