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A model of the dynamics of household vegetarian and vegan rates in the U.K.
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Waters, James (2018) A model of the dynamics of household vegetarian and vegan rates in the U.K. Appetite, 127 . pp. 364-372. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2018.05.017 ISSN 0195-6663.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2018.05.017
Abstract
Although there are many studies of determinants of vegetarianism and veganism, there have been no previous studies of how their rates in a population jointly change over time. In this paper, we present a flexible model of vegetarian and vegan dietary choices, and derive the joint dynamics of rates of consumption. We fit our model to a pseudo-panel with 23 years of U.K. household data, and find that while vegetarian rates are largely determined by current household characteristics, vegan rates are additionally influenced by their own lagged value. We solve for equilibrium rates of vegetarianism and veganism, show that rates of consumption return to their equilibrium levels following a temporary event which changes those rates, and estimate the effects of campaigns to promote non-meat diets. We find that a persistent vegetarian campaign has a significantly positive effect on the rate of vegan consumption, in answer to an active debate among vegan campaigners. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd.]
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Appetite | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0195-6663 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 August 2018 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 127 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 364-372 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.appet.2018.05.017 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
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