?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4809%2F&rft.title=Organic+products+%E2%80%93+a+matter+of+public+or+private+values%3F&rft.creator=Millock%2C+Katrin&rft.creator=Wier%2C+Mette&rft.creator=Andersen%2C+Laura+M%C3%B8rch&rft.subject=%22Organics%22+in+general&rft.description=In+this+paper%2C+we+use+a+unique+combination+of+questionnaire+data+and+real+market+purchase+data+on+organic+food+to+examine+whether+stated+values+can+predict+purchase+behaviour.+We+are+particularly+concerned+about+revealing+to+which+extent+organic+goods+represent+private+or+public+benefits%2C+because+this+has+important+implications+for+the+need+for+public+intervention.++Our+data+cover+around+2000+households+during+1997-2001+and+it+is+combined+with+a+survey+administered+on+the+same+panel+in+2001.+We+distinguish+between+private+use+values+(health%2C+taste+and+freshness+attributes)+and+public+non-use+values+(environmental+and+animal+welfare+attributes).+We+find+that+public+values+are+on+average+valued+much+more+than+private+values+according+to+consumers%E2%80%99+own+statements.+However%2C+when+confronting+these+consumer+statements+with+actual+market+behaviour%2C+it+becomes+evident+that+the+propensity+to+purchase+organic+increases+significantly+with+the+weight+assigned+to+private+values.+We+test+this+empirically+by+estimating+simple+logit+and+multinomial+logit+models+of+consumer+choice+dependent+on+stated+values+and+individual+characteristics.+Stated+private+values+increase+the+probability+of+being+an+organic+user+to+a+significant+extent.+The+effect+of+stated+public+values+is+lower%2C+and+not+always+significant+depending+on+food+product+group.+In+contrast%2C+stated+willingness+to+pay+extra+taxes+to+subsidize+organic+farming%2C+appears+to+mainly+reflect+public+values.+Whether+we+consider+stated+willingness+to+pay+extra+taxes+to+finance+a+subsidy+for+organic+farming+or+observed+willingness+to+pay+for+organic+products+on+the+real+market%2C+the+majority+of+consumers+are+only+willing+to+pay+if+they+hold+both+types+of+value.+%0D%0A%0D%0A&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=source&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4809%2F1%2F4809.doc&rft.identifier=+++Millock%2C+Katrin%3B+Wier%2C+Mette+and+Andersen%2C+Laura+M%C3%B8rch+++(2005)+Organic+products+%E2%80%93+a+matter+of+public+or+private+values%3F+++Enviromental+and+resource+economics.++++++++