The Impact of Consumer Beef Safety Awareness on U.S. Beef Exports

Elham Darbandi; Riza Radmehr; Sayed H. Saghaian

doi:10.1080/08853908.2020.1742255

The Impact of Consumer Beef Safety Awareness on U.S. Beef Exports

Elham Darbandi, Riza Radmehr, Sayed H. Saghaian

Agricultural Economics

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Abstract

We quantified the impact of consumer awareness about beef safety on U.S. beef exports. An index to reflect consumer awareness is constructed based on publicized reports in the media. Results showed a 0.8% reduction in U.S. beef exports arose from foodborne-disease news. In addition, using impulse response functions derived from a panel vector autoregressive model (panel VAR with the system GMM estimator), we found that the negative impact of a shock in food safety news intensified after three quarters and then diminished. Investing in any scheme that minimizes the impact of food safety events, such as quality labeling, is suggested.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	135-156
Number of pages	22
Journal	International Trade Journal
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08853908.2020.1742255
State	Published - 2021

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Keywords

Consumer awareness
U.S. beef exports
beef safety
panel data

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General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Business and International Management

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