How Sushi Went Global

This paper introduces habit formation into an otherwise standard model of international trade. Household tastes evolve over time to favor foods consumed as a child. In autarky, households prefer foodstu¤s that are locally abundant and thus relatively inexpensive. The opening of trade causes a rise in the price of these preferred goods. Neglecting the correlation between tastes and agro-climatic endowments systematically overstates the short-run nutritional gains from agricultural trade liberalization, as consumers are less willing to substitute into cheaper imports than they would be without habit formation. I examine the predictions of this model of trade with habit formation using household survey data from India, where internal agricultural trade remains highly restricted. I identify tastes with the unexplained regional variation in household demand for agricultural products and …nd that regional tastes favor food crops that are well-suited to local agro-climatic conditions. I predict that the liberalization of internal agriculture trade in India will generate short-run caloric losses unless income gains from trade are relatively large, and that there would be no such losses if tastes were identical across the country. I also examine the consumption patterns of inter-state migrants, and …nd that they consume fewer calories for a given level of food spending than otherwise similar consumers. This e¤ect only disappears two generations after migration, as tastes adjust to local prices. These …ndings, which re ‡ect the higher prices of preferred origin-state goods in the migrant's destination state, further corroborate the assumptions of my model.

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“…For example, preferences for eating raw …sh in sushi have developed rapidly in the West over a single generation (Bestor 2000).…”

Section: Understanding Habit Formation In Food Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trade, Tastes, and Nutrition in India

Atkin

2013

American Economic Review

162

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“…The sushi literally went global, consumed in many metropolises worldwide. Bestor [60] aptly describes, sushi is enjoyed at "fifth Avenue restaurants, in baseball stadiums in Los Angeles, at airport snack carts in Amsterdam, at an apartment in Madrid (delivered by motorcycle), or in Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv or Moscow…. "…”

Section: Local Food Communicates Localtouristic Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Culture Indulgence: Communicating in the Language of Nyonya Cuisine

Kuake¹,

Kuake²

2017

IJCH

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Humankind's identity is symbolized by our food choices. The same goes to what we do not eat nor drink. In addition, our food communicates our identity, beliefs, cultural and social backgrounds to others. It tells a whole lot about a culture as can be told from knowing the origins of ingredients to presentation and plating. In sum, Peranakan food commonly referred to as Nyonya cuisine, while create a new renaissance in the food and beverage, and tourism industry, also communicates the epistemology of that Creole subculture; often indulging both the palate and thirst of cultural awareness.

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“…Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABFT) is a highly migratory species that feeds in cold waters in North Atlantic and migrates to tropical seas to spawn (Muhling et al, 2011b) The reason for such a decline is for the most part commercial overfishing, because bluefin tuna is a highly prized fish and it is the favorite one for sushi and sashimi in Japan and, to some extent, also in other countries such as USA, EU and Russia (Bestor, 2000;Hutchings, 2000;Teo and Block, 2010). The record price set in 2011 was $396,000 for a single large specimen (Frayer, 2011).…”

Section: Overfishingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sources, factors, mechanisms and possible solutions to pollutants in marine ecosystems

Mostofa

Liu

Vione

et al. 2013

Environmental Pollution

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. Sources, factors, mechanisms and possible solutions to pollutants in marine ecosystems. Environ. Pollut. 2013, 182, 461-478. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013 You may download, copy and otherwise use the AAM for non-commercial purposes provided that your license is limited by the following restrictions:(1) You may use this AAM for non-commercial purposes only under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license.(2) The integrity of the work and identification of the author, copyright owner, and publisher must be preserved in any copy.(3) You must attribute this AAM in the following format: habitats during the breeding period of marine species, usually for few days; and (ii) in some specific marine locations that have high biodiversity and target and non-target ecosystem components. Possible remedial measures are assessed, but their effective coming into force strongly depends on the public awareness of existing problems and on the priority level that such problems will reach in policy making.

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How Sushi Went Global

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Trade, Tastes, and Nutrition in India

Trade, Tastes, and Nutrition in India

Culture Indulgence: Communicating in the Language of Nyonya Cuisine

Sources, factors, mechanisms and possible solutions to pollutants in marine ecosystems

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