A structural time series approach to modelling multiple and resurgent meat scares in Italy

Mazzocchi, Mario; Monache, Davide Delle; Lobb, Alexandra E.

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“…His study suggests that French consumers with low and high levels of consumption of beef products were less affected than those with intermediate‐level consumption (Adda 2007). Mazzocchi and Lobb (2005) applied a stochastic approach to aggregate data on Italian household meat demand to measure time‐varying impacts of two major BSE outbreaks (1996 and 2000) in Europe. These authors concluded that the influences of the second wave of BSE incidents on meat demand were much stronger than the impacts on demand generated by the first wave of BSE outbreaks (Mazzocchi and Lobb 2005).…”

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“…Mazzocchi and Lobb (2005) applied a stochastic approach to aggregate data on Italian household meat demand to measure time‐varying impacts of two major BSE outbreaks (1996 and 2000) in Europe. These authors concluded that the influences of the second wave of BSE incidents on meat demand were much stronger than the impacts on demand generated by the first wave of BSE outbreaks (Mazzocchi and Lobb 2005). Recovery in beef consumption from the first BSE incidents took only a few months while the second wave of BSE outbreaks caused an upward shift in chicken demand for 14 months (Mazzocchi and Lobb 2005).…”

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“…These authors concluded that the influences of the second wave of BSE incidents on meat demand were much stronger than the impacts on demand generated by the first wave of BSE outbreaks (Mazzocchi and Lobb 2005). Recovery in beef consumption from the first BSE incidents took only a few months while the second wave of BSE outbreaks caused an upward shift in chicken demand for 14 months (Mazzocchi and Lobb 2005). In general, however, recurrence associated with food safety incidents has received relatively little attention in the literature on the impacts of food safety events on demand.…”

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“…For example, Japanese beef sales fell by 70% in response to the first of numbers of cases of BSE in Japan (Zielenziger 2001). The decline in beef purchases by western Europeans after numerous and widespread incidents of BSE, together with associated human deaths, has also been documented, for example in Great Britain (Burton and Young 1996) and Italy (Mazzocchi and Lobb 2005). Studies of beef consumption by U.S. consumers found negative, but short‐lived, impacts of North American BSE (e.g., Kuchler and Tegene 2006).…”

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“…It is plausible to postulate that recurring food safety events may lead to changes in purchasing patterns for certain food products, including changes in habits. There is empirical evidence that consumers adjust their meat consumption habits during food safety shocks but gradually return to past consumption patterns as their concerns diminish (Mazzocchi and Lobb 2005; Saghaian and Reed 2007). However, previous literature has paid little attention to how those adjustments were made, the specific role of consumption habits in shaping individuals’ responses to food risks or how previous habits might be modified by food risks.…”

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Habit, BSE, and the Dynamics of Beef Consumption

Ding¹,

Veeman²,

Adamowicz³

2010

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie

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Habit persistence is related to recurring food safety incidents in the context of the initial three cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Canadian cows. We test Engel functions, using generalized method of moments procedures, to analyze the dynamics of monthly beef expenditure shares of a sample of Canadian households during years 2002 through 2005. From microlevel panel data which followed meat expenditures by Canadian households before and after the first three BSE cases, which were discovered in 2003 and 2005, it is seen that households’ reactions to these followed a similar general pattern: households reduced beef purchase expenditures following the discovery of BSE but expenditures subsequently recovered. Following the initial BSE event, we identify an immediate negative impact on beef expenditures. However, in the case of the second two BSE events, this negative impact was not evident until two months after the BSE announcements. The results suggest that habit persistence initially limited households’ reductions of beef purchases following the first BSE event. However, households with higher beef expenditure shares reduced expenditure more than others following the second two BSE events, suggesting that habitual patterns of high levels of consumption tended to change with the recurrence of these food safety events. La persistance des habitudes de consommation est liée aux incidents de sécurité alimentaire récurrents dans le contexte des trois premiers cas d’ESB décelés chez des bovins canadiens. À l’aide de la méthode des moments généralisés, nous avons estimé des courbes d’Engel pour analyser la dynamique des parts de dépenses mensuelles en viande de bœuf auprès d’un échantillon de ménages, au cours de la période de 2002 à 2005. D’après un panel de microdonnées sur les dépenses en viande des ménages canadiens effectuées avant et après la découverte des trois premiers cas d’ESB en 2003 et en 2005, la réaction des ménages semble avoir suivi une tendance générale similaire, à savoir une diminution des dépenses en viande de bœuf après l’annonce des cas d’ESB, suivie d’une reprise. Après l’annonce du premier cas d’ESB, nous avons observé un impact négatif immédiat sur les dépenses en viande de bœuf. Par contre, dans les deux autres cas, l’impact négatif ne s’est fait sentir que deux mois après leur annonce. Les résultats autorisent à penser que la persistance des habitudes a limité la diminution des dépenses des ménages en viande de bœuf après l’annonce du premier cas d’ESB. Toutefois, les ménages qui avaient une part des dépenses en viande de bœuf élevée ont diminué leurs dépenses plus que les autres ménages après l’annonce des deuxième et troisième cas, ce qui laisse supposer que les comportements habituels de consommation élevée ont eu tendance à changer avec la récurrence de ces incidents de sécurité alimentaire.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Habit, BSE, and the Dynamics of Beef Consumption

Ding¹,

Veeman²,

Adamowicz³

2010

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie

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Time‐varying reaction of U.S. meat demand to animal disease outbreaks

Wang,

Massa,

Stewart

2024

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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This study examined the impact of the mad cow (BSE) and bird flu (HPAI) outbreaks on the demand for beef, pork, and broiler meat in the United States from 1997 to 2022. Using time‐varying elasticities obtained from the Rotterdam model extended to include animal disease outbreaks, we found that the BSE outbreaks significantly reduced beef consumption. These reactions were indeed time‐varying, ranging from 1.312% in 2003 to 1.212% in 2005. HPAI outbreaks had a delayed reaction, with a rebound in broiler meat consumption in the quarter following the start of the outbreak. In general, the magnitude of these reactions was proportional to the severity of an outbreak.

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