Working Papers (Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology)
The purpose of the Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology "Working Paper" series is to provide a forum to accelerate the presentation of issues, concepts, ideas and research results within the academic and professional community. Working Papers are published without peer review.
Items in this Collection
- 14Veeman, Michele M.
- 4Unterschultz, Jim
- 3Kim, Renee B.
- 3Kuperis, Peter
- 2Adamowicz, Wiktor
- 2Veeman, Terry S.
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A Stated Preference Analysis of International Commodity Marketing: South Korean Hotel Meat Buyers' Perceptions of Canadian Beef, US Beef and Australian Beef
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Kim, Renee B., Veeman, Michele M., Unterschultz, Jim, Quagrainie, Kwamena K.
Since the late 1980s, South Korea has become one of the most affluent and influential Asian countries. Korean consumers' food demands are changing with their increased income. Beef consumption has continuously grown since the reopening of the market to beef imports in 1988. Potential exists for...
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2007
Veeman, Michele M., White, R. McKay
This paper reports on a review of literature in the form of academic papers and published research on ethical and consumer issues for GM crops in North America, with particular emphasis on GM wheat. The issues raised in these papers and the findings and arguments posed by the authors are...
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Analysis of the Korean Beef Market: A Study of Hotel Buyers' Perspectives of Beef Imports from Three Major Sources Part I
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Jelen, Paul, Unterschultz, Jim, Kim, Renee B., Veeman, Michele M.
This paper evaluates the five-star and four-star hotel sector component of the Korean beef market from the perspective of Canadian beef exporters. The study provides background information on this emerging market and identifies the attitudes of beef purchasers in the hotel sector to the beef...
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Analysis of the Korean Beef Market: A Study of Hotel Buyers' Perspectives of Beef Imports from Three Major Sources Part II
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Veeman, Michele M., Kim, Renee B., Unterschultz, Jim
Under the WTO agreement, Korea is slated to liberalize its beef market by the year 2000. Decreasing government regulation and rapid economic growth promise significant growth in the Korean beef industry for foreign beef suppliers. As these opportunities develop, the competitive climate in this...
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Consumers' Responses to the Potential Use of Bovine Somatotrophin in Canadian Dairy Production
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Adamowicz, Wiktor, Veeman, Michele M., Kuperis, Peter
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...
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2001
This paper views the social landscape of biotechnology from the perspective of emerging perceptions and attitudes of consumers to food biotechnology. The information from which consumers' perceptions and attitudes may be discerned comes in several different forms. These include market responses...
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1992
Veeman, Michele M., Veeman, Terry S.
This paper overviews the results of three separate, but related economic research projects conducted from 1985 to 1991 and funded by Farming for the Future. The topic of the first two of these concerned export markets for wheat. One might question how such topics relate to the theme of Agri-food...
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Implications of the Multilateral Trade Agreement for Canadian Agriculture: A Computable General Equilibrium Evaluation
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Veeman, Terry S., Veeman, Michele M., Adilu, Shiferaw
This study evaluates the impacts of the Uruguay Round Agreement (URA) on Canadian agriculture in a single-country general equilibrium framework. For this purpose a computable general equilibrium model of the Canadian economy that involves six agricultural and two non-agricultural sectors was...
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1996
Xu, Xiaosong, Veeman, Michele M.
Choice of functional form and structural change specification may each influence demand parameter estimates. Joint non-nested testing of both is applied for the linearized almost ideal and Rotterdam models with and without structural change, incorporated by the gradual transition approach. The...