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| Title: | Do rBST-Free and Organic Milk Stigmatize Conventionally Produced Milk? |
| Authors: | Kanter, Christopher
Messer, Kent D.
Kaiser, Harry M. |
| Authors (Email): | Kanter, Christopher (cak24@cornell.edu)
Messer, Kent D. (messer@udel.edu)
Kaiser, Harry M. (hmk2@cornell.edu) |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Series/Report no.: | Selected Paper
466875 |
| Abstract: | Producers are continually seeking to differentiate their products in the marketplace. A common approach is via labeling where differences in production methods are marketed. Yet, positive labeling for the new product has the potential to stigmatize the conventionally produced product by highlighting perceived problems with the product. The net economic result can be negative to producers as the conventional product that dominates the market is stigmatized by the new product that has little market share, and this leads to consumers decreasing their willingness to pay for the conventional product. This experimental research identifies this stigma effect in the case of milk, where the presentation of rBST-Free milk reduces consumers' willingness to purchase conventional milk. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/43491 |
| Institution/Association: | American Agricultural Economics Association>2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida |
| Total Pages: | 25 |
| Collections: | 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida
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