@article{Kuperis:24104,
      recid = {24104},
      author = {Kuperis, Peter and Veeman, Michele M. and Adamowicz,  Wiktor L.},
      title = {Consumers' Responses to the Potential Use of Bovine  Somatotrophin in Canadian Dairy Production},
      address = {1998},
      number = {1529-2016-132065},
      series = {Staff Paper 98-03},
      pages = {24},
      year = {1998},
      abstract = {The responses of a random sample of consumers to the use  of bovine somatotrophin (BST) in milk production were  elicited using a stated preference methodology. A  multinomial logit model of consumer choice was developed  and tested to analyse consumers' choices of milk with  varying characteristics of fat content, price, freshness  and BST treatment. Welfare calculations for a  representative consumer indicate welfare losses with the  introduction of BST which are not fully offset by preferred  milk attributes such as reduced price or increased  freshness levels. Welfare losses were slightly less for a  male than a female consumer and were less for consumers  with higher levels of income and education. Losses were  greatest when a representative consumer was denied the  option of choosing not to purchase milk. There was a small  welfare gain when the representative consumer was offered a  full range of "BST" and "non-BST" milks. The results  suggest that making appropriately labelled "BST-free" milk  available to consumers could decrease consumer welfare  losses associated with the introduction of BST in Canada.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/24104},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.24104},
}