Contents: Introduction to A Modern Guide to Food Economics 1 Jutta Roosen and Jill E. Hobbs PART I CHANGES IN THE FOOD SYSTEM 1 The economics of food systems 7 David Zilberman 2 The supplier–retailer relationship in contemporary food markets 23 Alessandro Bonanno and Metin .ak?r 3 Product differentiation in food 47 Jill J. McCluskey and Jason A. Winfree 4 Technical regulation of agri-food trade 62 David Orden, Caesar B. Cororaton and Khadija Rouchdi PART II CHALLENGES WITH REGARD TO SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH 5 The economics of the nutrition and sustainable diet transition 89 Xavier Irz and Mario Mazzocchi 6 Health-oriented nutrition policies 113 Jill E. Hobbs and Jutta Roosen 7 The economics of food loss and waste 144 Brenna Ellison and Mary K. Muth 8 Food safety and traceability 170 James Mitchell, Lee Schulz and Glynn Tonsor PART III DEVELOPMENTS IN METHODS AND DATA 9 Behavioural economics, policy interventions and food 193 David R. Just 10 Discrete choice models and continuous demand systems in the scanner data age 215 Beatrice Biondi, Sara Capacci and Mario Mazzocchi 11 Recent developments in inference: practicalities for applied economics 235 Jeffrey D. Michler and Anna Josephson PART IV NEW ISSUES 12 Who reacts to food taxes? How a multiple-selves model can help to explain the effects of food taxes 270 Sinne Smed, Chiara Lombardini and Leena Lankoski 13 Food, beverages, and social media: trends and tools for economic research 297 Sean B. Cash, Saleem Alhabash, Gabriela Fretes and Mengyan Ma 14 How the use of genomics may continue to influence consumer behaviour 327 Ellen Goddard Index 352
Contents: Introduction to A Modern Guide to Food Economics 1 Jutta Roosen and Jill E. Hobbs PART I CHANGES IN THE FOOD SYSTEM 1 The economics of food systems 7 David Zilberman 2 The supplier–retailer relationship in contemporary food markets 23 Alessandro Bonanno and Metin .ak?r 3 Product differentiation in food 47 Jill J. McCluskey and Jason A. Winfree 4 Technical regulation of agri-food trade 62 David Orden, Caesar B. Cororaton and Khadija Rouchdi PART II CHALLENGES WITH REGARD TO SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH 5 The economics of the nutrition and sustainable diet transition 89 Xavier Irz and Mario Mazzocchi 6 Health-oriented nutrition policies 113 Jill E. Hobbs and Jutta Roosen 7 The economics of food loss and waste 144 Brenna Ellison and Mary K. Muth 8 Food safety and traceability 170 James Mitchell, Lee Schulz and Glynn Tonsor PART III DEVELOPMENTS IN METHODS AND DATA 9 Behavioural economics, policy interventions and food 193 David R. Just 10 Discrete choice models and continuous demand systems in the scanner data age 215 Beatrice Biondi, Sara Capacci and Mario Mazzocchi 11 Recent developments in inference: practicalities for applied economics 235 Jeffrey D. Michler and Anna Josephson PART IV NEW ISSUES 12 Who reacts to food taxes? How a multiple-selves model can help to explain the effects of food taxes 270 Sinne Smed, Chiara Lombardini and Leena Lankoski 13 Food, beverages, and social media: trends and tools for economic research 297 Sean B. Cash, Saleem Alhabash, Gabriela Fretes and Mengyan Ma 14 How the use of genomics may continue to influence consumer behaviour 327 Ellen Goddard Index 352