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Testing For A Change In Consumer Tastes For Fresh Fruits And Vegetables: A Structural Latent Variable Approach

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  • Acharya, Ram N.
  • Molina, Ignacio

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This study uses a structural latent variable approach to examine whether the increased supply of health information has been successful in improving consumer tastes and preferences towards fruits and vegetables and if it has been successful in doing so, how this change in tastes is affecting the consumption of various produce commodities. The results show that consumers are responding to health messages by increasing consumption of some of the produce commodities but not all of them.

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  • Acharya, Ram N. & Molina, Ignacio, 2004. "Testing For A Change In Consumer Tastes For Fresh Fruits And Vegetables: A Structural Latent Variable Approach," 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO 20127, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea04:20127
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20127
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    1. Paudel, Laxmi & Adhikari, Murali & Houston, Jack E., 2005. "Assessing the Impacts of Low Carbohydrate Related Health Information on the Market Demand for US Vegetables," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19541, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).

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