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CONSUMER WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR FLUID MILK SHELF LIFE: EVIDENCE FROM AN INCENTIVIZED AUCTION EXPERIMENT

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Wang_cornell_0058O_11744.pdf (1.34 MB)
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https://doi.org/10.7298/wcbd-dh52
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/113958
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Author
Wang, Yixuan
Abstract

Using an incentivized auction experiment with 152 adult subjects, we investigate consumer’svaluation on remaining shelf-life attribute of fluid milk. By leveraging a between-subjects information treatment, we also examine the impact of general (industry-wide) and personal (individual-related) information about food waste on willingness to pay (WTP) for fluid milk and for remaining shelf-life. We find that consumers exhibit positive WTP for each additional day of shelf-life, but with diminishing marginal value as shelf-life increases. The evidence also suggests that providing either general information or personal information on food waste could change consumer’s overall valuation on fluid milk, but that information does not change consumers’WTP for an additional day of shelf-life. We also consider how the results of the study can be used to introduce shelf-life based pricing for fluid milk to provide a more efficient mechanism than existing static pricing regimes.

Date Issued
2023-05
Committee Chair
Adalja, Aaron
Committee Member
Rickard, Bradley
Degree Discipline
Applied Economics and Management
Degree Name
M.S., Applied Economics and Management
Degree Level
Master of Science
Type
dissertation or thesis
Link(s) to Catalog Record
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/16176558

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