Food and Consumer Economics
回顾了农业经济学家如何从研究食品需求对农场价格的影响，转向关注消费者福利，并探讨信息与质量属性如何影响消费者行为，为家庭生产理论、享乐价格理论等提供了实证基础。
Abstract Agricultural economists first carried out demand studies in order to understand determinants of farm prices and incomes. The shift to a focus on consumer welfare began with studies of the role of food and food assistance in standards of living. Now the profession is more concerned with how information and quality attributes influence consumer behavior. Agricultural economists’ empirical work in this field has informed the development of household production theory, hedonic price theory, definitions of poverty thresholds, complete demand systems, and survey and experimental techniques to elicit preferences.