There has been increasing interest in food characteristics that are broadly classified here as socially acceptable credence attributes. This review considers several demand-side issues associated with the economic analysis of these attributes. First, despite ample research and media discussion suggesting strong preference for these food attributes, market shares remain low. Hypothetical bias and social desirability bias likely play a prominent role in explaining this disconnect. There has also been an increase in government and food industry regulation aimed at socially acceptable credence attributes, and this article considers why public votes and policy positions appear discordant with retail shopping behavior. One set of policy proposals involves more information disclosure related to such attributes; however, the welfare economics associated with information provision is not straightforward. While much has been learned about consumers’ stated willingness-to-pay for socially acceptable credence attribu...

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将神话与现实分开：社会可接受的信用属性分析

人们对食品特征越来越感兴趣，这些特征在这里被广泛归类为社会可接受的信任属性。本次审查考虑了与这些属性的经济分析相关的几个需求方问题。首先，尽管大量研究和媒体讨论表明对这些食品属性的强烈偏好，但市场份额仍然很低。假设偏见和社会期望偏见可能在解释这种脱节方面发挥了重要作用。针对社会可接受的信用属性的政府和食品行业监管也有所增加，本文考虑了为什么公众投票和政策立场与零售购物行为不一致。一套政策建议涉及更多与此类属性相关的信息披露；然而，与信息提供相关的福利经济学并不简单。虽然已经了解了很多关于消费者表示愿意为社会可接受的信任属性付费的信息......