Drabik, D., de Gorter, H. and Reynolds, C. orcid.org/0000-0002-1073-7394 (2019) A conceptual and empirical framework to analyze the economics of consumer food waste. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 149. pp. 500-509. ISSN 0921-3449
Abstract
We develop a microeconomic model to understand food waste of consumers. We capture at-home and away-from home food consumption and distinguish between food purchases and food consumption. We allow the consumer to choose the rate of food waste at home optimally to maximize her utility. We show that consumer purchases can decline or increase with a cut in the rate of consumer waste, depending on the elasticity of food demand. Using the UK data for poultry in 2012, we also show a case where for a price elastic demand food consumption increases with a reduction in the food waste rate, but food purchases (retail sales) increase.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Economic model; Food waste; Consumption; Consumer purchases; Effective consumption price; Downstream |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL NE/R007160/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2019 10:08 |
Last Modified: | 24 Jul 2019 15:18 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.06.008 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:147151 |