Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Wen S. Chern and Kyrre Rickertsen
  • Health, Nutrition and Demand for Food : an American Perspective / Wen S. Chern
  • Health, Nutrition and Demand for Food : a European Perspective / Kyrre Rickertsen and Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
  • Double Impact : Educational Attainment and the Macronutrient Intake of US Adults / Jayachandran N. Variyam
  • Assessing the Importance of Health Information in Relation to Dietary Intakes in the USA / Sung-Yong Kim, Rodolfo Nayga, Jr and Oral Capps, Jr
  • A Sample Selection Model with Endogenous Health Knowledge : Egg Consumption in the USA / Kamhon Kan and Steven T. Yen
  • Health Information and Food Demand in Eastern and Western Germany / Susanne Wildner and Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
  • Health Information and Food Demand in France / Véronique Nichèle
  • The Impact of Nutrient Intake on Food Demand in Spain / Ana M. Angulo, Jose M. Gil, Azucena Gracia and Monia Ben Kaabia
  • Health Information and Unstable Effects from Autocorrelation / Kyrre Rickertsen and Dadi Kristofersson
  • Relative Impacts of Health Information and Advertising on Commodity Markets : US Meats / Henry W. Kinnucan, Øystein Myrland and Laxmi Paudel
  • The Impact of Dietary Cholesterol Concerns on Consumer Demand for Eggs in the USA / Todd M. Schmit and Harry M. Kaiser
  • Employing an Environmental Taxation Mechanism to Reduce Fat Intake / John M. Santarossa and David D. Mainland
  • How do Markets Respond to Food Scares? / Tim Lloyd, Steven McCorriston and Wyn Morgan
  • Assessment of Findings and Future Research / Wen S. Chern and Kyrre Rickertsen.