Did BSE Announcements Reduce Beef Purchases?
by
Fred Kuchler and
Abebayehu Tegene
Economic Research Report No. (ERR-34) 45 pp, December 2006
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This study examines consumers' retail purchases of beef and beef products for evidence of a response to the 2003 U.S. government announcements of finding cows infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). We constructed weekly estimates of quantities of beef products consumers purchased from 1998 through 2004 using ACNielsen Homescan data. While the variance in purchases was large, most could be explained by trend and seasonality. Deviations from established purchase patterns following the BSE announcements varied across beef products, but were limited to no more than 2 weeks in all cases.
Keywords: food safety, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, BSE, retail beef purchases, government announcements, retrospective analysis
In this publication...
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Report summary, Pdf file 58 kb
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Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents, and Summary, Pdf file 94 kb
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Introduction, Pdf file 46 kb
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Using ACNielsen Homescan Panel Data To Track Weekly Beef Purchases, Pdf file 49 kb
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Weekly Purchase Data Display Strong Seasonal Patterns, Pdf file 251 kb
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Modeling Fresh Beef Purchases, Pdf file 156 kb
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Modeling Frozen Beef Purchases, Pdf file 116 kb
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Modeling Frankfurter Purchases, Pdf file 117 kb
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Generalizing Results to Other Types of Food Safety News, Pdf file 60 kb
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References, Pdf file 51 kb
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Appendix, Pdf file 53 kb
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Entire report, Pdf file 551 kb
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