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Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volume 14, 2022

Methodological Advances in Food Choice Experiments and Modeling: Current Practices, Challenges, and Future Research Directions

Abstract

In recent decades, discrete choice experiment research applied to food choices has grown rapidly. Empirical applications include investigations of consumer preferences and demand for various food attributes, labeling programs, novel products and applications, and new food technologies. Methodological contributions include advances in the form of new theories, elicitation methods, and modeling. This study focuses on the latter and () reviews recent methodological contributions in the food choice experiment literature, () examines existing knowledge gaps, and () discusses possible future research directions.

Keyword(s): choice experiment designs, discrete choice experiment, discrete choice models, food choice, JEL C25, JEL C49, JEL C83, JEL C9, JEL D01, JEL D12, methodological advances
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Methodological Advances in Food Choice Experiments and Modeling: Current Practices, Challenges, and Future Research Directions
Annual Review of Resource Economics 14, 63 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-111820-023242
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