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The Elephant in the room: For an economic analysis of plant-based diets and animal welfare
[L'éléphant dans la pièce : Pour une approche économique de l'alimentation végétale et de la condition animale]

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  • Romain Espinosa

    (CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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This article discusses plant-based diets and animal welfare as objects of study for economic theory. It answers three questions: Why should economists be interested in the consumption of animal-based products? What contribution can the economic theory make to existing academic discussions? What reasons may explain the lack of interest previously shown by economists to this problem? This work first sets out three arguments for which economic science should take into account the consumption of animal-based products: an environmental reason, a sanitary reason, and an ethical reason. Then, it presents the behavioral analysis of meat consumption developed in psychology and discusses how the economic theory could contribute to this field of research (behavioral economics, public economics, industrial economics, and political economy). The last section investigates why economists have shown so far very little interest in these questions.

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  • Romain Espinosa, 2019. "The Elephant in the room: For an economic analysis of plant-based diets and animal welfare [L'éléphant dans la pièce : Pour une approche économique de l'alimentation végétale et de la condition ani," Post-Print halshs-02065781, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-02065781
    DOI: 10.3917/redp.293.0287
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    1. Romain Espinosa & Nicolas Treich, 2021. "Moderate Versus Radical NGOs†," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 103(4), pages 1478-1501, August.

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    animal studies; veganomics; condition animale; Alimentation végétale;
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