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Endowments, expectations, and the value of food safety certification: experimental evidence from fish markets in Nigeria
dc.creator | Shikuku, K.M. | en_US |
dc.creator | Bulte, E. | en_US |
dc.creator | Lagerkvist, C. | en_US |
dc.creator | Tran, N. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-22T22:27:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-10-22T22:27:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Kelvin Shikuku, Erwin Bulte, Carl Johan Lagerkvist, Nhuong Tran. (14/9/2023). Endowments, expectations, and the value of food safety certification: experimental evidence from fish markets in Nigeria. Experimental Economics, pp. 1-25. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/5638 | |
dc.description.abstract | We study the impact of endowments and expectations on reference point formation and measure the value of food safety certification in the context of fish trading on real markets in Nigeria. In our field experiment, consumers can trade a known food item for a novel food item that is superior in terms of food safety––or vice versa. Endowments matter for reference point formation, but we also document a reverse endowment effect for a subsample of respondents. The effect of expectations about future ownership is weak and mixed. While expectations seem to affect bidding behavior for subjects “trading up” to obtain the certified food product (a marginally significant effect), it does not affect bids for subjects “trading down” to give up this novel food item. Finally, willingness to pay for safety certified food is large for our respondents—our estimate of the premium is bounded between 37 and 53% of the price of conventional, uncertified food. | en_US |
dc.format | en_US | |
dc.language | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | springer link | en_US |
dc.rights | CC-BY-4.0 | en_US |
dc.source | Experimental Economics;(2023) Pagination 1-25 | en_US |
dc.subject | economic valuation | en_US |
dc.subject | reference-dependent utility | en_US |
dc.subject | loss aversion | en_US |
dc.subject | reverse endowment effect | en_US |
dc.subject | asymmetric valuation | en_US |
dc.title | Endowments, expectations, and the value of food safety certification: experimental evidence from fish markets in Nigeria | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
cg.contributor.crp | Policies, Institutions, and Markets | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | International Food Policy Research Institute | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | en_US |
cg.contributor.project | Demand for seafood safety and sustainable certification standards in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Nigeria | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Nigeria | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Western Africa | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | food safety | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | Fish | en_US |
cg.contributor.affiliation | International Livestock Research Institute | en_US |
cg.contributor.affiliation | Wageningen University & Research Centre | en_US |
cg.contributor.affiliation | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | en_US |
cg.contributor.affiliation | WorldFish | en_US |
cg.identifier.status | Open access | en_US |
cg.identifier.ISIindexed | ISI indexed | en_US |
cg.contribution.worldfishauthor | Tran, N. | en_US |
cg.description.theme | Value chains and nutrition | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10683-023-09809-7 | en_US |
cg.creator.id | Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X | en_US |
cg.creator.id | Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571 | en_US |
cg.subject.sdg | SDG 1 - No poverty | en_US |
cg.subject.sdg | SDG 2 - Zero hunger | en_US |
cg.subject.impactArea | Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs | en_US |
cg.subject.impactArea | Environmental health and biodiversity | en_US |