Beef Quality: Will Consumers Pay for Less Fat?

A nationwide retail survey is used to estimate hedonic prices of fat characteristics in beef table cuts. Results show that consumers consistently place a negative value on external fat for all table cuts and on seam fat in chuck and round cuts, but do not consistently value intramuscular fat. These...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Laurian J. Unnevehr, Sharon K. Bard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 1993-12-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30964