Demand for ecolabeled seafood in the Japanese market: A conjoint analysis of the impact of information and interaction with other labels
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-2014
Abstract
The use of seafood ecolabels is expanding in the world marketplace, but so are labels indicating other product attributes, such as country of origin and wild vs. farmed. The interactive effects of these labels and attributes in evaluating consumers' preferences for ecolabeled seafood are relatively unexplored. In this paper we investigate (1) the direct and interactive effects of seafood ecolabels with other common fish labels, and (2) how consumers' perceptions about the state of marine stocks and the valuation of ecolabels may be affected by different information. We find moderate interactive effects between ecolabels and country of origin labels, whereas the valuation for seafood ecolabels is fairly high. In terms of information, we find that consumers' perceptions about fish stock levels changed (negatively) after receiving information on declining stock levels, and more sensationalized information led to increased change. However, valuation for a seafood ecolabel increases only when the information was perceived positively (credible/interesting); whereas exaggerated information (which was also perceived less credible) had insignificant effects on WTP. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Food Policy
Volume
44
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Uchida, Hirotsugu, Yuko Onozaka, Tamaki Morita, and Shunsuke Managi. "Demand for ecolabeled seafood in the Japanese market: A conjoint analysis of the impact of information and interaction with other labels." Food Policy 44, (2014). doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.10.002.