Food consumption and stigmatization under COVID‐19: Evidence from Chinese consumers’ aversion to Wuhan hot instant noodles

Hao, Na; Wang, H. Holly

doi:10.1002/agr.21690

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“…Since it was generally believed at the beginning that the pandemic would last for two months, which would cause great inconvenience in the food distribution system, consumers raised their willingness to pay for the necessities as a rational decision. This was consistent with other studies documenting consumers’ behavior patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 2 , 39 , 40 , 41 ]. Consumers’ behavior patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic can be divided into three stages: reacting, coping, and longer-term adapting [ 39 ].…”

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Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Change Consumers’ Food Consumption and Willingness-to-Pay? The Case of China

Yue

Liu

Zheng

et al. 2021

Foods

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Since COVID-19 was first detected in China in 2019, governments around the world have imposed strict measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, which substantially impacted peo-ple’s life. Consumers’ food consumption behavior has also changed accordingly with reduced gro-cery shopping frequency, replaced in-person grocery shopping with online shopping, and increased valuation on food. In this paper, we aim to investigate the change in Chinese consumers’ food con-sumption and their willingness to pay (WTP) for vegetables and meat, using a dataset with 1206 online samples collected between February and March 2020. Consumers’ WTP for vegetables and meat is estimated using a double-bounded dichotomous contingent valuation design, and factors affecting their WTPs are also investigated. Results show that consumers have a higher WTP for these food products during the pandemic, and their WTP is positively affected by their anticipated duration of the COVID-19, their online shopping shares, their direct exposure to infected patients, their gender, and their income. These results imply that the food industry shall try to develop online market channels as consumers are willing to share the costs, while lower-income consumers may not be able to meet their food needs with prices increased beyond their WTP and thus may call for the government’s support.

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Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Change Consumers’ Food Consumption and Willingness-to-Pay? The Case of China

Yue

Liu

Zheng

et al. 2021

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“…Therefore, consumers would like to pay more for rice with a claim of safe heavy metal levels compared with rice without such a claim. In addition, although there is no difference in heavy metal content between remediated and uncontaminated soils, consumers may fear new technology or stigmatize of rice produced from remediated soils due to lack of cognition [ 34 , 35 ]. Based on the above discussion, we have the following two hypotheses:…”

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Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Rice from Remediated Soil: Potential from the Public in Sustainable Soil Pollution Treatment

Wang

Yang

Hao

2022

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Remediation of polluted soil on arable land is mostly funded by governments, with the understanding that the public’s willingness to pay for food produced on remediated soil can help establish a soil remediation model with more stakeholders. In contrast to previous studies that have focused on soil-remediation technologies’ diffusion, this study employs choice experiments to evaluate market preferences for crops grown from lands of varying quality that are reflected in consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP). The results show that consumers are willing to pay a small premium for rice labeled with remediated-soil claims, but the WTP for remediated-soil claim is less than that of an uncontaminated-soil claim. Consumers’ WTP for remediated-soil claim increases by 29.03% when combining with a well-known brand, and it increases by 71.17% when information is provided about the efficacy of cadmium and heavy-metal-pollution remediation; however, combining with the region-of-origin label does not increase WTP. We also find that, in early stages of promotion, online stores may reach target consumers more easily. Based on these results, we propose four implications for policymakers.

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“…( 2) Employment and business operations were confronted with severe challenges. Global pandemic prevention and control led to an "oppressed consumption disaster", and Wuhan's GDP showed negative growth in the first quarter of 2020, especially for the three demand categories of domestic consumption, capital investment, and imports and exports, which declined by more than 30% (31,32).…”

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Management of and Revitalization Strategy for Megacities Under Major Public Health Emergencies: A Case Study of Wuhan

Чэн

Chen

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019 has meant an uphill battle for city management. However, due to deficiencies in facilities and management experience, many megacities are less resilient when faced with such major public health events. Therefore, we chose Wuhan for a case study to examine five essential modules of urban management relevant to addressing the pandemic: (1) the medical and health system, (2) lifeline engineering and infrastructure, (3) community and urban management, (4) urban ecology and (5) economic development. The experience and deficiencies of each module in fighting the pandemic are analyzed, and strategies for revitalization and sustainable development in the future are proposed. The results show that in response to large-scale public health events, a comprehensive and coordinated medical system and good urban ecology can prevent the rapid spread of the epidemic. Additionally, good infrastructure and community management can maintain the operation of the city under the pandemic, and appropriate support policies are conducive to the recovery and development of the urban economy. These precedents provide insights and can serve as a reference for how to change the course of the pandemic in megacities that are still at risk, and they provide experience for responding to other pandemics.

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Food consumption and stigmatization under COVID‐19: Evidence from Chinese consumers’ aversion to Wuhan hot instant noodles

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Change Consumers’ Food Consumption and Willingness-to-Pay? The Case of China

Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Change Consumers’ Food Consumption and Willingness-to-Pay? The Case of China

Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Rice from Remediated Soil: Potential from the Public in Sustainable Soil Pollution Treatment

Management of and Revitalization Strategy for Megacities Under Major Public Health Emergencies: A Case Study of Wuhan

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