Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
11-24-2020
Year of Publication
2020
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
College
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Department/School/Program
Agricultural Economics
First Advisor
Dr. Timothy Woods
Abstract
This dissertation consists of three essays that contribute to the research on local food purchase and consumers’ preferences and willingness-to-pay. Essay I examines whether there are differences in consumers’ willingness-to-pay for local food across alternative restaurant formats and provides a justification for using a system to legitimate local sourcing in restaurants. Essay II studies consumers’ preferences for local sourcing in restaurants in rural and urban communities and elaborates on where there is a significant willingness-to-pay for local food in rural communities. Lastly, essay III examines consumers’ purchase frequency of local food across direct and intermediated markets and provides results on differences between consumers’ local sourcing from these channels.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2020.463
Recommended Citation
Zare Mehrjerdi, Mahla, "CONSUMERS’ WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY FOR LOCAL SOURCING IN ALTERNATIVE RESTAURANT FORMATS" (2020). Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics. 87.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/agecon_etds/87
