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Miles and more: A quantitative assessment of the ‘food miles’ movement

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  • Ballingall, John
  • Winchester, Niven

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One aspect of the climate change discussion that has attracted a great deal of media attention, particularly in Europe, is ‘food miles’. The concept that the further food has to travel, the worse its impact on the environment is one that – although flawed – is easy for consumers to grasp and for domestic import-competing food producers to support. We investigate the economic implications of food miles-induced preference changes using an economy-wide analysis. We find that welfare losses relative to GDP are largest in New Zealand and several Sub-Saharan African nations. Moreover, for some distance-preference change relationships proportional welfare costs are significantly larger in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa than elsewhere.

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  • Ballingall, John & Winchester, Niven, 2008. "Miles and more: A quantitative assessment of the ‘food miles’ movement," Conference papers 331704, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
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