Differential effects of negative publicity on beef consumption according to household characteristics in South Korea
- Authors
- Youn, Hyungho; Lim, Byung In; Jin, Hyun Joung
- Issue Date
- Jul-2012
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
- Keywords
- Mad-cow disease; Korean household expenditure; Beef consumption; Seemingly unrelated regression
- Citation
- HEALTH POLICY, v.106, no.2, pp 138 - 148
- Pages
- 11
- Journal Title
- HEALTH POLICY
- Volume
- 106
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 138
- End Page
- 148
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/20216
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.005
- ISSN
- 0168-8510
- Abstract
- This paper examines how South Korean households responded to an unprecedented boycott campaign against US beef from spring to summer of 2008, and investigates differential responses in relation to households' characteristics. It was found that beef consumption reduced by 4.8% immediately after the so-called candle-light demonstration. Instead, pork and chicken consumption increased by 17.2% and 16.6%, respectively. This confirms a substitution effect due to the negative publicity concerning US beef. It was also found that the negative publicity effect was transitory and the reactions of consumers were not uniform: they differed depending on their socio-economic characteristics. The econometric model revealed that younger, less-educated, and/or lower-income households were more susceptible to the negative publicity, and reduced their beef consumption more than other households. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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