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PRO-SOCIAL CONSUMER AND FIRM BEHAVIOR IN IMPERFECTLY COMPETITIVE REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL MARKETS

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dc.contributor.advisorNathalie Lavoie
dc.contributor.advisorDaniel Lass
dc.contributor.advisorJohn M. Spraggon
dc.contributor.advisorMichael Ash
dc.contributor.authorFitzsimmons, Jill
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.date2023-09-23T22:35:46.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T15:28:42Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T15:28:42Z
dc.date.submittedFebruary
dc.date.submitted2019
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation, I combine field research, econometric methods, and economic theory to analyze a market in which both firms’ and consumers’ choices are motivated by social preferences. This work contributes to the fields of behavioral economics, industrial organization, and local food systems economics. The dissertation expands the growing literature on social preferences to incorporate firms’ choices that are motivated by utility maximizing objectives in an environment that allows endogenous equilibrium prices and quantities. Firms with social preferences operate in a competitive environment in which they may face downstream market power. In particular, the research focuses on intermediated Farm to School markets for local food in which producers’ marketing decisions may be influenced by both market structure and the pro-social motivations embedded in local food markets.
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
dc.description.departmentResource Economics
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7275/13490692
dc.identifier.orcidN/A
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/17698
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2579&context=dissertations_2&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectpro-social preferences
dc.subjectfirm choice
dc.subjectregional food systems
dc.subjectvalues-based supply chain
dc.subjectlocal food
dc.subjectfarm to school
dc.subjectAgricultural and Resource Economics
dc.subjectBehavioral Economics
dc.subjectEconometrics
dc.subjectFood Studies
dc.subjectIndustrial Organization
dc.titlePRO-SOCIAL CONSUMER AND FIRM BEHAVIOR IN IMPERFECTLY COMPETITIVE REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
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dc.typedissertation
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:jillann24@gmail.com|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Fitzsimmons, Jill
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