An increasing number of reports of online auction fraud are of growing concern to auction operators and participants. In this research, we discuss reserve price shilling, where a bidder shills in order to avoid paying auction house fees, rather than to drive up the price of the final bid. We examine the effect that premium bids have upon the final selling price, since they are linked with reser...

A survey in random-selected supermarkets in Beijing, the capital city of China, is reported to identify the attitudes and perceptions of consumers toward green-labeled milk, as well as their willingness to pay (WTP) for it, and to determine the factors that affect their WTP. The study reveals that the majority of households are quite familiar with green food and most of them take positive attit...

Data generated by a direct choice experiment with over 1,000 US residents was used to estimate their mean willingness to pay for maintaining or enhancing future use or option value, existence and indirect use values. We term these three values the fantasy value of marine habitats, to mimic what some consider these values to be. Iconic fish taxa were used as proxies to represent coral reef, seam...

Consumer Valuation of the Second Generation of Genetically Modified (GM) Foods with Benefits Disclosure. Jae-Hwan Han and R.Wes Harrison, Louisiana State University. Employing contingent valuation method (CVM), the study explores whether or not consumers’ risk/benefit beliefs and knowledge about GM foods affect their behavior as measured by willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for GM beef with be...

in addition to ecological values, wetlands provide many goods and services for local communities. anzali international wetland has always played the same role, but recently, besides degradations caused by population pressure, construction and operation of different infrastructures and developments in its basin, have caused considerable negative impacts on this precious ecosystem. it is obvious ...

Consumers today are increasingly moving toward healthier lifestyles and food purchasing habits. This new awareness has also prompted the meat industry, usually indicted for use of harmful compounds ingredients such as additives, salt, fat, to introduce innovative measures meet demand. study aims assess consumer willingness pay an additional price premium (APP) a healthy salami by identifying wh...

Consumers increasingly rate the ethical dimensions of food production, including animal welfare, as important to them but how these concerns influence their choices remains unclear. To address this, a Discrete Choice Experiment assesses consumers' willingness pay for chicken meat. The study aims understand effects labels (RSPCA Assured and Red Tractor), cause-related marketing campaigns, price ...

Abstract Since meat is an important source of protein needed for human development across the world, responsible production and consumption products with a food quality safety scheme label one potential option to maintain social, economic environmental sustainability. The implementation this depends on high willingness-to-pay (WTP) certified safe foods among citizens. overarching aim study exam...