Measuring meat consumers' response to the perceived risks of BSE in Great Britain

Changes in South Korean consumers’ preferences for meat

“…The approach chooses a functional form of the market demand and uses a Chow-type test, random coefficient, or explicit demand shifter on the specified demand system to test for preference stability. For the random coefficient approach, see, e.g., Chavas (1983) and Mazzocchi (2003); for the demand shifter approach, see, e.g., Burton and Young (1996) and Burton et al (1999). A structural change is suggested in consumer preference when the stability of the parameter estimated is rejected at a conventional significance level, or when a trend is statistically significant.…”

Factors associated with perceived quality influencing beef consumption behaviour in Ireland

“…Standard economic influences were also accounted for in the study. An important consideration therefore, in the light o f Burton & Young's (1997) study, is that the moral panic which resulted from the announcement had been preceded by the accumulation o f years of previous media coverage about BSE. Indeed, as Palmer (1996) suggests, the announcement led to the exacerbation o f other related concerns which had been reported in the media over the years such as food safety, healthy eating, and animal welfare.…”

“…In other words, for years there had been media coverage about BSE and yet in all that time it remained uncertain whether there was a risk to human health. As Burton & Young's (1997) study, reviewed previously revealed, the media coverage about BSE led to the decline beef consumption rates in the U.K.…”

Improving Quarantine Risk Communication: Understanding Public Risk Perceptions

“…Vehement public opposition through Europe has led the European Union to suspend the introduction of new GM crops pending legislation that may take several years to be finalized. Likewise, the BSE crisis resulted in devastating social, economic, and political impacts on the beef industry and the citizens of the United Kingdom (Burton & Young, 1997;Lanchester, 1996), while contamination of blood supplies with HIV has led to people saying they would refuse a blood transStigma is a powerful aspect of public opposition to risk.…”