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Do Consumers Pay More for What They Value More? The Case of Local Milk-based Dairy Products in Senegal

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  • Lefèvre, Mélanie

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Senegalese consumers prefer milk-based dairy products that are local and fresh to ones produced with imported powder. However, prices for fresh-milk-based and powder-based products are not significantly different. I address this puzzle by first confirming the preference using choice-based conjoint data to evaluate whether Senegalese consumers will pay a significant positive premium for fresh local products. I then identify price determinants using a unique dataset of milk product characteristics. The results verify the Senegalese preference for fresh local dairy products and show that consumers' misinformation regarding product composition prevents them from allocating a higher price to local milk-based products.

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  • Lefèvre, Mélanie, 2014. "Do Consumers Pay More for What They Value More? The Case of Local Milk-based Dairy Products in Senegal," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 43(1), pages 158-177, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:agrerw:v:43:y:2014:i:01:p:158-177_00
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    1. Hana Doležalová & Kamil Pícha & Josef Navrátil & Aneta Bezemková, 2014. "Factors That Influence the Selling of Milk Through Milk Vending Machines," Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, Mendel University Press, vol. 62(4), pages 641-650.

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