Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Freeman, Matthew Alan
Committee Member
Collart, Alba J.
Committee Member
Coatney, Kalyn T.
Committee Member
Schilling, M. Wes
Date of Degree
8-15-2014
Original embargo terms
MSU Only Indefinitely
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Campus Access Only
Major
Agricultural Economics
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department
Department of Agricultural Economics
Abstract
This research focuses on estimating the shift in consumer willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium/discount for Native warm season grassed beef and for Bermuda grassed beef, an exotic species to the U.S. We utilized sensory analysis and the Becker-Degroot-Marschak (BDM) mechanism to elicit consumers’ preference for four different types of beef to determine how the premiums/discounts consumers place on these differentiated products change across information regimes: perception, experience, and complete information. Subjects participated in the BDM mechanism three times to determine their WTP: once after observing the raw packaged product with standard labeling information, once after a blind taste sample of the products, and once after complete information has been provided that links the raw packaged product to the blind taste sample. Results revealed strong preferences for NWSGed beef regardless of finishing methods, and positive impacts of the sensory results and label information on grassinished beef steaks.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/21205
Recommended Citation
Lee, Yunkyung, "Does Experience Overcome Perception Bias for Consumers of Grass-Finished Beef?" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 1558.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/1558