あらすじ
食料消費パターンおよび消費者の嗜好の最近の変化、日本の食品業界関係者と市場について考察など、松田敏信、佐々木康三、草苅仁らによる全15編の論考を収録する。
PART1 Frontier of Demand Analysis
1.Recent developments in the demand system analysis of food consumption
2.Consumption behavior of Japanese agricultural households:Analysis of an Almost Ideal Demand System
3.Labor-force participation of married women and food consumption of households
4.Food demand andoutsourcing of housework
5.A generalized quadratic demand system
6.Bayesian inference of the Rotterdam model under different conditions
PART2 Recent Trend of Japanese Food Industry and Food Consumption
7.Household food expenditure and the growth of Japamese food industries:1980-2000
8.Eco-label certification as a product attribute:Information availability and consumer behavior-increasing awareness of food safety and fishery resources conservation
9.Simulation analysis of the influence of the increase in imports of farm products and processed foods on Japanese industries
10.Estimating a generalized bertand model and perceivrd total demand elasticities in a product-differentiated oligopolistic market
11.Effects of safety and freshness of food on Japanese consumers'choice of milk
12.Food consumption and information on food safety:An analysis of the food poisoning outbreak caused by a major dairy products maker
13.Strutural change in Japanese household demand for fresh meat in the 1990s
14.The ethics of diet
15.Water and food culture:A conparative study of Japan and Europe
