The value of apple characteristics to wholesalers in western Canada: A hedonic approach

Carew, Richard; Smith, Elwin G.

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“…Determining the implicit contribution of the various grain quality attributes to the market price of rice varieties can be done through hedonic pricing analysis [ 37 ]. Hedonic pricing regressions have been quite popular in the economics literature, being applied to various food commodities such as wine [ 38 , 39 ], tea [ 40 ], apples [ 41 ], and breakfast cereals [ 42 ]. In all these commodities, the products could be grouped into quality classes or varieties [ 43 ].…”

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Rice Grain Quality and Consumer Preferences: A Case Study of Two Rural Towns in the Philippines

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Hedonic pricing analysis is conducted to determine the implicit values of various attributes in the market value of a good. In this study, hedonic pricing analysis was applied to measure the contribution of grain quality search and experience attributes to the price of rice in two rural towns in the Philippines. Rice samples from respondents underwent quantitative routine assessments of grain quality. In particular, gelatinization temperature and chalkiness, two parameters that are normally assessed through visual scores, were evaluated by purely quantitative means (differential scanning calorimetry and by digital image analysis). Results indicate that rice consumed by respondents had mainly similar physical and chemical grain quality attributes. The respondents’ revealed preferences were typical of what has been previously reported for Filipino rice consumers. Hedonic regression analyses showed that grain quality characteristics that affected price varied by income class. Some of the traits or socioeconomic factors that affected price were percent broken grains, gel consistency, and household per capita rice consumption. There is an income effect on rice price and the characteristics that affect price vary between income classes.

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Rice Grain Quality and Consumer Preferences: A Case Study of Two Rural Towns in the Philippines

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“…Consumers prefer large, visually appealing fruit [32,33], so selection for large fruit size may explain our observation. We also found that cultivated apples are 43% less acidic than wild counterparts.…”

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Phenotypic divergence between the cultivated apple (Malus domestica) and its primary wild progenitor (Malus sieversii)

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Watts

McClure

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An understanding of the relationship between the cultivated apple (Malus domestica) and its primary wild progenitor species (M. sieversii) not only provides an understanding of how apples have been improved in the past, but may be useful for apple improvement in the future. We measured 10 phenotypes in over 1000 unique apple accessions belonging to M. domestica and M. sieversii from Canada’s Apple Biodiversity Collection. Using principal components analysis (PCA), we determined that M. domestica and M. sieversii differ significantly in phenotypic space and are nearly completely distinguishable as two separate groups. We found that M. domestica had a shorter juvenile phase than M. sieversii and that cultivated trees produced flowers and ripe fruit later than their wild progenitors. Cultivated apples were also 3.6 times heavier, 43% less acidic, and had 68% less phenolic content than wild apples. Using historical records, we found that apple breeding over the past 200 years has resulted in a trend towards apples that have higher soluble solids, are less bitter, and soften less during storage. Our results quantify the significant changes in phenotype that have taken place since apple domestication, and provide evidence that apple breeding has led to continued phenotypic divergence of the cultivated apple from its wild progenitor species.

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“…Some products of this sector that have been studied by this method are breakfast cereals (Morgan et al, 1979;Stanley and Tschirhart, 1991;Shi and Price, 1998), the aquaculture industry (McConnell and Strand, 2000;Carroll et al, 2001), apples (Tronstad et al, 1992;Carew, 2000;Carew and Smith, 2004;Troncoso and Aguirre, 2007), organic tomatoes (Huang and Lin, 2007), avocados (Troncoso et al, 2008), beef (Unnevehr and Bard, 1993;Wahl et al, 1995;Loureiro and McCluskey, 2000;Boland and Schroeder, 2002;Gracia and Pérez, 2004), and pork (Parcell and Schroeder, 2007).…”

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Market values for olive oil attributes in Chile: a hedonic price function

Muñoz

Moya

Gil³

2015

British Food Journal

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Purpose -Focused on the olive oil sector in Chile which is a non-traditional market (both in production and consumption), the purpose of this paper is to determine the implicit value of the most relevant attributes of olive oil on the final price charged by supermarkets to consumers through the hedonic pricing methodology. Design/methodology/approach -Field work was carried out between September and October 2012 in 12 supermarkets belonging to the four most important Chilean retail chains. A log-linear price-attribute function was used to estimate the hedonic price function. The sample included 248 observations olive oil prices available to consumers in the leading supermarkets in the city of Chillán (Chile). Findings -The model estimation results led to the observation that the attributes that most positively influenced final price are oil acidity level, tin can container of imported oil, and origin. On the other hand, the attributes that most negatively influenced final consumer price are retailer house brand and plastic container.Research limitations/implications -A limitation of this study is associated with the geographic area where it was carried out, that is, the city of Chillán in the Bío-Bío Region, which is the second largest region and accounts for 12 per cent of the total population. Further research should include other cities such as Santiago (capital), Concepción, Curicó and Valparaíso. Originality/value -This study can be considered as a first approximation of a hedonic pricing model estimation for olive oil in non-traditional markets like Chile, which is considered an emerging market.

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The value of apple characteristics to wholesalers in western Canada: A hedonic approach

Cited by 17 publications

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Rice Grain Quality and Consumer Preferences: A Case Study of Two Rural Towns in the Philippines

Rice Grain Quality and Consumer Preferences: A Case Study of Two Rural Towns in the Philippines

Phenotypic divergence between the cultivated apple (Malus domestica) and its primary wild progenitor (Malus sieversii)

Market values for olive oil attributes in Chile: a hedonic price function

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