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Maurice Doyon
Department of Agricultural Economics and Consumer Science, Laval University, 2425, Rue de l’Agriculture, QC G1V 0A6, Canada

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Published: 03 August 2021 in Sustainability
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Analysing production systems from a circular economy (CE) perspective helps to pinpoint interventions to mitigate the environmental footprint by improving resource use efficiency, waste recovery, and prolonged product usage, recycling and reuse. Few studies exist on the measurement of CE at the micro-level. Additionally, available metrics/indicators address only certain aspects of the CE’s socio-economic metabolism, ignoring important components of the CE concept. Other frameworks propose a single indicator that aggregates and summarizes several facets of CE. This study develops a holistic approach for designing indicators with a structured methodology and an analytical framework to assess CE at the micro (unit of production) level in agriculture. The proposed approach is based on the ECOGRAI method for indicator development, and on validation of the methods with experts and final users via an application to egg production in Canada. Twenty-five performance indicators (PI) were generated for 11 decision variables that were selected as important for the sector. This resulted in a practical tool that proposes fourteen actions to improve the economic circularity (EC) of egg farms. Our methodological approach could be replicated to assess CE performance in other agricultural sectors.

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Roger Rukundo; Stéphane Bergeron; Ibrahima Bocoum; Nathan Pelletier; Maurice Doyon. A Methodological Approach to Designing Circular Economy Indicators for Agriculture: An Application to the Egg Sector. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8656 .

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Roger Rukundo, Stéphane Bergeron, Ibrahima Bocoum, Nathan Pelletier, Maurice Doyon. A Methodological Approach to Designing Circular Economy Indicators for Agriculture: An Application to the Egg Sector. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (15):8656.

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Roger Rukundo; Stéphane Bergeron; Ibrahima Bocoum; Nathan Pelletier; Maurice Doyon. 2021. "A Methodological Approach to Designing Circular Economy Indicators for Agriculture: An Application to the Egg Sector." Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8656.

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Published: 23 July 2020 in Animals
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This study examines poultry production stocking density (SD) effect on bird welfare and economic performance. It is based on a large dataset from commercial production including observations for 2.2 million male broilers and 2.3 million female broilers from 37 production sites, with SD ranging from 20.63 kg/m2 to 41.15 kg/m2. The data collection was originally motivated by a processor’s economic concerns that increasing SD could cause slower broiler growth, higher condemnations, and lower grade meat. The data was examined using several linear regressions to determine how production parameters impacted these performance indicators. Results regarding foot pad lesion, condemnations, and mortality rates are consistent with those found in the literature. However, we find that daily weight gain is positively associated with SD, contrasting with past experimental results. The difference between the scope of commercial and experimental productions is discussed as a possible reason for these conflicting results.

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Stéphane Bergeron; Emmanuelle Pouliot; Maurice Doyon. Commercial Poultry Production Stocking Density Influence on Bird Health and Performance Indicators. Animals 2020, 10, 1253 .

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Stéphane Bergeron, Emmanuelle Pouliot, Maurice Doyon. Commercial Poultry Production Stocking Density Influence on Bird Health and Performance Indicators. Animals. 2020; 10 (8):1253.

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Stéphane Bergeron; Emmanuelle Pouliot; Maurice Doyon. 2020. "Commercial Poultry Production Stocking Density Influence on Bird Health and Performance Indicators." Animals 10, no. 8: 1253.

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Published: 22 February 2019 in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
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Cason and Plott (2014, hereafter CP) conclude that sub-optimal behavior in the (second price) Becker-DeGroot-Marschak mechanism (BDM) is consistent with the hypothesis that a significant proportion of subjects misconceive the BDM as a first price auction. We broadly replicate CP’s results, formalize a game form recognition theory for the analysis of treatment effects, and explore the robustness of CP’s conclusions across four treatments. We conclude that the pattern of misconception that explains the BDM data cannot simultaneously explain observed choices in closely related treatments.

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Charles Bull; Pascal Courty; Maurice Doyon; Daniel Rondeau. Failure of the Becker–DeGroot–Marschak mechanism in inexperienced subjects: New tests of the game form misconception hypothesis. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2019, 159, 235 -253.

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Charles Bull, Pascal Courty, Maurice Doyon, Daniel Rondeau. Failure of the Becker–DeGroot–Marschak mechanism in inexperienced subjects: New tests of the game form misconception hypothesis. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 2019; 159 ():235-253.

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Charles Bull; Pascal Courty; Maurice Doyon; Daniel Rondeau. 2019. "Failure of the Becker–DeGroot–Marschak mechanism in inexperienced subjects: New tests of the game form misconception hypothesis." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 159, no. : 235-253.

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Published: 06 December 2018 in Food Quality and Preference
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Using a controlled experiment in a restaurant with naturally occurring clients, this study investigates how nudging can be used to design menus that guide consumers to make healthier choices. It examines the use of default options, focusing specifically on two types of defaults that can be found when ordering food in a restaurant: automatic and standard defaults. Both types of defaults significantly affected choices, but did not adversely impact the satisfaction of individual choices. The results suggest that menu design could effectively use non-informational strategies such as nudging to promote healthier individual choices without restricting the offer or reducing satisfaction.

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Stéphane Bergeron; Maurice Doyon; Laure Saulais; Joanne Labrecque. Using insights from behavioral economics to nudge individuals towards healthier choices when eating out: A restaurant experiment. Food Quality and Preference 2018, 73, 56 -64.

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Stéphane Bergeron, Maurice Doyon, Laure Saulais, Joanne Labrecque. Using insights from behavioral economics to nudge individuals towards healthier choices when eating out: A restaurant experiment. Food Quality and Preference. 2018; 73 ():56-64.

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Stéphane Bergeron; Maurice Doyon; Laure Saulais; Joanne Labrecque. 2018. "Using insights from behavioral economics to nudge individuals towards healthier choices when eating out: A restaurant experiment." Food Quality and Preference 73, no. : 56-64.

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Published: 30 September 2018 in Sustainability
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Like other livestock sectors, the Canadian egg industry has evolved substantially over time and will likely experience similarly significant change looking forward, with many of these changes determining the sustainability implications of and for the industry. Influencing factors include: technological and management changes at farm level and along the value chain resulting in greater production efficiencies and improved life cycle resource efficiency and environmental performance; a changing policy/regulatory environment; and shifts in societal expectations and associated market dynamics, including increased attention to animal welfare outcomes—especially in regard to changes in housing systems for laying hens. In the face of this change, effective decision-making is needed to ensure the sustainability of the Canadian egg industry. Attention both to lessons from the past and to the emerging challenges that will shape its future is required and multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives are needed to understand synergies and potential trade-offs between alternative courses of action across multiple aspects of sustainability. Here, we consider the past, present and potential futures for this industry through the lenses of environmental, institutional (i.e., regulatory), and socio-economic sustainability, with an emphasis on animal welfare as an important emergent social consideration. Our analysis identifies preferred pathways, potential pitfalls, and outstanding cross-disciplinary research questions.

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Nathan Pelletier; Maurice Doyon; Bruce Muirhead; Tina Widowski; Jodey Nurse-Gupta; Michelle Hunniford. Sustainability in the Canadian Egg Industry—Learning from the Past, Navigating the Present, Planning for the Future. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3524 .

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Nathan Pelletier, Maurice Doyon, Bruce Muirhead, Tina Widowski, Jodey Nurse-Gupta, Michelle Hunniford. Sustainability in the Canadian Egg Industry—Learning from the Past, Navigating the Present, Planning for the Future. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (10):3524.

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Nathan Pelletier; Maurice Doyon; Bruce Muirhead; Tina Widowski; Jodey Nurse-Gupta; Michelle Hunniford. 2018. "Sustainability in the Canadian Egg Industry—Learning from the Past, Navigating the Present, Planning for the Future." Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3524.

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Published: 01 September 2018 in Canadian Public Policy
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This comment addresses Cardwell, Lawley, and Xiang’s (2015) article that provides an estimate of the consumer burden caused by supply management. The main concern is regarding the strong assumption that observed cross-border price differences between Canada and the United States are solely caused by supply management. To demonstrate the flaw in this assumption, we compare cross-border price differences for non–supply-managed products, which reveals that other factors are also at play. By not taking this into account, the article overstates the consumer burden caused by supply management. Other issues regarding exchange rate sensitivity and the rhetoric of the article are also discussed.

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Maurice Doyon; Stéphane Bergeron; Lota D. Tamini. Milked and Feathered: The Regressive Welfare Effects of Canada’s Supply Management Regime: A Comment. Canadian Public Policy 2018, 44, 1 -6.

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Maurice Doyon, Stéphane Bergeron, Lota D. Tamini. Milked and Feathered: The Regressive Welfare Effects of Canada’s Supply Management Regime: A Comment. Canadian Public Policy. 2018; 44 (3):1-6.

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Maurice Doyon; Stéphane Bergeron; Lota D. Tamini. 2018. "Milked and Feathered: The Regressive Welfare Effects of Canada’s Supply Management Regime: A Comment." Canadian Public Policy 44, no. 3: 1-6.

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Published: 25 July 2018 in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
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Experimental protocols testing the effectiveness of cheap talk are numerous but have generated conflicting results. The theoretical interpretation of hypothetical bias as a strategic response according to the perceived consequence could be the missing key to understand these opposite results from the literature. Increasing evidence suggests that this bias rises from subjects’ perception of how stated preferences surveys will be used; some subjects believing that stated valuations can impact the price of the good, while others that it will influence its provision. Subjects strategically respond by adjusting their declared values accordingly. This paper reports experimental findings supporting the presence of strategic response, showing that cheap talk operates by mitigating these behaviors and potentially explaining cheap talk's heterogeneous results.

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Stephane Bergeron; Maurice Doyon; Laurent Muller. Strategic response: A key to understand how cheap talk works. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 2018, 67, 75 -83.

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Stephane Bergeron, Maurice Doyon, Laurent Muller. Strategic response: A key to understand how cheap talk works. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. 2018; 67 (1):75-83.

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Stephane Bergeron; Maurice Doyon; Laurent Muller. 2018. "Strategic response: A key to understand how cheap talk works." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 67, no. 1: 75-83.

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Published: 02 January 2018 in British Food Journal
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to document the level of risk in the Québec egg sector (conventional and specialty eggs) and analyze the optimal choices of Québec egg producers that must allocate limited resources to production of different types of eggs. Design/methodology/approach A quadratic programming approach applied to expected mean-variance models is used to analyze the impact of risk on decision to invest when the resources must be allocated to different type of production that have different risk levels. The model is calibrated using monthly data from 2009 to 2016. Findings Results indicated multiple uncertainty sources (technological, cost of production, price of eggs) that vary according to the types of eggs. Given risk aversion parameters, producer would favor production modes with the lowest producers’ price variance, which correspond to free-run eggs. Results also indicated that in response to a greater intensity of risk aversion, the course of action producers may choose is to increase the relative production of free-run eggs. Research limitations/implications The empirical limits of this research are found in the lack of quality data on producer prices and costs for specialty eggs. Future research could explore the relationship between the growing impact of egg for processing, which price is based on the US price, and its relationship with specialty eggs. Practical implications The findings of the study will be useful for policy makers and managers of eggs supply chain. This is important, given the recent announcement by Canadian’s large retailers and fast food companies to increase cage free eggs offering and, in some cases, eventually only selling these types of eggs. Originality/value This study adds to the understanding of the role of risk and uncertainty in the investment decision of egg producers and different mode of production, as well as in the development of the growing production of specialty eggs in Canada. It fills a gap in the literature regarding the impact of risk in Canadian egg production. This gap is likely explained by the perception of a lack of risk in this supply managed sector in Canada and its small size relative to other supply managed sector.

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Lota D. Tamini; Maurice Doyon; Micheline M. Zan. Investment behavior of Canada egg producers. British Food Journal 2018, 120, 96 -107.

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Lota D. Tamini, Maurice Doyon, Micheline M. Zan. Investment behavior of Canada egg producers. British Food Journal. 2018; 120 (1):96-107.

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Lota D. Tamini; Maurice Doyon; Micheline M. Zan. 2018. "Investment behavior of Canada egg producers." British Food Journal 120, no. 1: 96-107.

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Published: 04 September 2016 in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
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Understanding market demand and premiums paid for food products with social and environmental attributes is increasingly important to ensure adequate information for the agri-food system. Stated preference (SP) surveys are a flexible and affordable approach to elicit values, however the presence of hypothetical bias compromises their reliability. In this study, we seek to identify strategic behaviors and how they relate to hypothetical bias in SP survey for private goods. An online survey was conducted to measure willingness-to-pay (WTP) for regular and free-run eggs using two treatments, a nonhypothetical experimental auction and an open-ended elicitation question. We find that the bias associated with the presence of strategic behavior in the open-ended elicitation survey can be isolated by calculating premiums, which are defined as the difference between declared values for free-run eggs and regular eggs. The insight gained from this study can be used to improve experimental design of hypothetical SPs surveys and significantly reduce hypothetical bias. Comprendre la demande et la volonté de payer pour des biens alimentaires avec des caractéristiques sociales et environnementales est important afin d'assurer une information adéquate pour le secteur agroalimentaire. Les sondages déclaratifs sont une approche flexible et peu coûteuse pour capturer les valeurs, par contre la présence d'un biais hypothétique réduit la fiabilité des valeurs ainsi estimées. Dans cette étude nous tentons d'identifier le comportement stratégique en lien avec le biais hypothétique intrinsèque aux sondages déclaratifs. À cet effet, nous réalisons un sondage en ligne qui mesure le consentement à payer pour des œufs réguliers et de poules en liberté en utilisant deux traitements, une enchère non hypothétique et une question ouverte. Nous trouvons que le comportement stratégique présent en situation déclarative peut être isoler en calculant la prime, laquelle est définie comme étant la différence entre la valeur déclarée pour les œufs de poules en liberté et des œufs réguliers. Les résultats de cette étude peuvent être utilisés pour améliorer le design expérimental des enquêtes de préférences révélées et limiter le biais hypothétique.

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Maurice Doyon; Stéphane Bergeron. Understanding Strategic Behavior and Its Contribution to Hypothetical Bias When Eliciting Values for a Private Good. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 2016, 64, 653 -666.

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Maurice Doyon, Stéphane Bergeron. Understanding Strategic Behavior and Its Contribution to Hypothetical Bias When Eliciting Values for a Private Good. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. 2016; 64 (4):653-666.

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Maurice Doyon; Stéphane Bergeron. 2016. "Understanding Strategic Behavior and Its Contribution to Hypothetical Bias When Eliciting Values for a Private Good." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 64, no. 4: 653-666.

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Published: 04 September 2016 in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
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The rising concern among consumers regarding animal welfare in livestock production has prompted several regions, including California and the European Union to ban the use of battery cage housing systems for laying hens. In Quebec, battery cages are being phased out with new barns required to be equipped with enriched cages or alternative housing system. Since switching housing systems generates costs, it is important to verify consumer receptivity to these changes. This paper examines the results of a discrete choice experiment to understand Quebec consumers’ demand for enriched cages and preferences for amenities commonly included in these cages. Results show that each subgroup of consumers provides a positive value for eggs produced in enhanced housing systems but differ in the features that are valued. However, in all subgroups there is low or no valuation associated with increased cage space, as well as the presence of scratch pads and dust baths. Les consommateurs sont de plus en plus soucieux du bien-être animal. Plusieurs régions, incluant la Californie et l'Europe, interdissent l’élevage de poules dans des systèmes de cages traditionnelles. Au Québec, ce type de cage sera graduellement éliminé, les producteurs ayant collectivement décidé que les nouvelles constructions seront équipées de cages enrichies ou de système alternatif. Puisqu'un système de cages enrichies implique des coûts additionnels pour les producteurs, il est important de vérifier la réceptivité des consommateurs pour les œufs produits dans ce type de système de logement. Les données d'une expérience à choix discret sont analysées, notamment par segment de consommateurs. Les résultats indiquent une valeur positive pour le système enrichi, mais les différentes composantes du système de cages enrichies sont valorisées différemment selon les segments de consommateurs. Toutefois, l'espace supplémentaire, la possibilité de bains de poussières et le coussin de grattage sont peu ou pas valorisés, et ce, pour l'ensemble des segments de consommateurs.

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Maurice Doyon; Stéphane Bergeron; John Cranfield; Lota Tamini; George Criner. Consumer Preferences for Improved Hen Housing: Is a Cage a Cage? Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 2016, 64, 739 -751.

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Maurice Doyon, Stéphane Bergeron, John Cranfield, Lota Tamini, George Criner. Consumer Preferences for Improved Hen Housing: Is a Cage a Cage? Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. 2016; 64 (4):739-751.

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Maurice Doyon; Stéphane Bergeron; John Cranfield; Lota Tamini; George Criner. 2016. "Consumer Preferences for Improved Hen Housing: Is a Cage a Cage?" Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 64, no. 4: 739-751.

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Published: 07 October 2015 in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
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The objective of the paper is to explore potential changes in trade induced by a liberalization scenario when taking into account persistence in trading partners. Our approach is based on the development of a gravity model that takes into account the dynamics at the extensive margin of trade as well as the persistence effect of the intensity of trade. Our empirical contribution is on the egg sector, where the persistence in trading partners is acute. Our results indicate that the use of static models underestimate imports of table eggs by more than 50% in Canada, when compared with the use of panel dynamic specification. The dynamic specification helps explain why trade liberalizations often increase trade creation between countries that had already been trading partners, while new trading partnerships remain scarce following trade liberalization. Our results also confirm the importance of sunk cost and their negative impact on the probability of export market participation for developing countries. Those results raise questions regarding the benefit of trade liberalization for developing countries, in terms of accessing new market, if they do not benefit from special treatments.L'objectif de cette étude est d'explorer un scénario de libéralisation du commerce qui prend en considération l'effet de persistance des partenaires commerciaux. Nous développons un modèle de gravité qui prend en considération la dynamique de la marge extensive et la persistance des partenaires commerciaux. Notre contribution empirique est au niveau du secteur des œufs. Nos résultats indiquent que l'utilisation de modèle statique sous-estime l'impact de scénarios de libéralisation. Ainsi, les importations d’œufs de table au Canada suivant un tel scénario sont sous-estimées de plus de 50% par rapport au modèle dynamique. La spécification dynamique permet également d'expliquer pourquoi la libéralisation du commerce augmente souvent les échanges entre pays déjà partenaires commerciaux, alors que les gains au chapitre de la marge extensive sont modestes. Les résultats confirment également l'impact négatif des coûts fixes sur la probabilité des pays en développement de participer aux marchés de l'exportation. Ces résultats soulèvent donc des questions quant aux bénéfices de la libéralisation des échanges pour les pays en développement, en termes d'accès au marché en absence de traitements spécifiques.

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Lota D. Tamini; Maurice Doyon; Rodrigue Simon. Analyzing Trade Liberalization Effects in the Egg Sector Using a Dynamic Gravity Model. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 2015, 64, 383 -411.

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Lota D. Tamini, Maurice Doyon, Rodrigue Simon. Analyzing Trade Liberalization Effects in the Egg Sector Using a Dynamic Gravity Model. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. 2015; 64 (2):383-411.

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Lota D. Tamini; Maurice Doyon; Rodrigue Simon. 2015. "Analyzing Trade Liberalization Effects in the Egg Sector Using a Dynamic Gravity Model." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 64, no. 2: 383-411.

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Published: 13 February 2015 in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
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Maurice Doyon. Can Agricultural Economists Improve Their Policy Relevance? Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 2015, 63, 1 -5.

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Maurice Doyon. Can Agricultural Economists Improve Their Policy Relevance? Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. 2015; 63 (1):1-5.

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Maurice Doyon. 2015. "Can Agricultural Economists Improve Their Policy Relevance?" Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 63, no. 1: 1-5.

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Published: 01 January 2011 in Revue française d'économie
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Maurice Doyon; Céline Jullien; Joanne Labrecque. Mesure des propensions individuelles à payer pour les aliments fonctionnels. Revue française d'économie 2011, XXVI, 95 .

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Maurice Doyon, Céline Jullien, Joanne Labrecque. Mesure des propensions individuelles à payer pour les aliments fonctionnels. Revue française d'économie. 2011; XXVI (3):95.

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Maurice Doyon; Céline Jullien; Joanne Labrecque. 2011. "Mesure des propensions individuelles à payer pour les aliments fonctionnels." Revue française d'économie XXVI, no. 3: 95.

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Published: 02 April 2010 in Économie rurale
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Résumés Français English En cette période de négociations commerciales et de réforme des politiques agricoles, le concept de découplage est à l’avant-scène dans les débats sur l’intervention des pouvoirs publics en agriculture. Or, une revue de littérature exhaustive révèle deux flous importants : le premier est l’absence de définition consensuelle dans les écrits économiques scientifiques. Cette première confusion en alimente une seconde : celle entourant l’application du concept économique dans les négociations multilatérales sur le commerce. Cet article propose des précisions sur les frontières relatives au concept de découplage des aides aux revenus en agriculture, ceci à l’aide de la littérature et d’une consultation de type Delphi. Nous concluons que le principe de découplage doit se mesurer en terme d’impact sur la production et non sur la consommation, qu’une approche ex-ante est plus opérationnelle dans la recherche d’une définition. Enfin, le découplage devrait être considéré en termes de degré plutôt qu’en valeur absolue. In this time of trade negotiations and agricultural policy revision, the concept of decoupling is resurfacing. However, a literature review indicates the absence of a clear and widely accepted definition of the concept in economics. Moreover, the application of the concept of decoupling in trade negotiations seems nebulous at best and subject to interpretations. This article makes an attempt at clarifying the frontiers of the concept of decoupling in agriculture, using the literature and the Delphi method. We found that the principle of decoupling should be evaluated in terms of impact on production and not on consumption; that an ex-ante approach, although not optimal, insure the applicability of the concept; although real decoupling could not be achieved it is still preferable than policies that are not decoupled. Haut de page

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Laurence Morin-Rivet; Daniel-Mercier Gouin; Maurice Doyon. La notion de découplage revisitée. Économie rurale 2010, 3 -16.

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Laurence Morin-Rivet, Daniel-Mercier Gouin, Maurice Doyon. La notion de découplage revisitée. Économie rurale. 2010; (317):3-16.

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Laurence Morin-Rivet; Daniel-Mercier Gouin; Maurice Doyon. 2010. "La notion de découplage revisitée." Économie rurale , no. 317: 3-16.

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Published: 01 September 2008 in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
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Using experimental economics, this paper tests the potential impacts of modifying the centralized quota exchange system in Quebec with the intent of decreasing the quota price while minimizing negative impacts on auction effectiveness. Two separate treatments are applied to a uniform price auction similar to that employed in Quebec. The first treatment is an exclusion (5% or 15%) of the highest buyer bids and seller offers. The second is a tax (2% or 10%) on all units offered for sale that remain unsold. Various combinations of the two treatments are also tested. The results suggest that exclusion of the highest bids and offers can decrease the price of the quota and that a 15% exclusion rate is more effective than a 5% rate. The tax alone has little impact on quota price. The combination of the two treatments generates a more marked reduction in both the number of exchanges and the price of the quota than when the tax or the exclusion is applied individually. However, the combination of treatments results in a greater loss of economic efficiency. In all cases, relatively small market price reductions are realized at the expense of substantial losses in economic efficiency.La présente étude teste de manière expérimentale la capacité d'une modification au système centralisé de vente du quota à faire diminuer le prix du quota laitier au Québec tout en minimisant les impacts négatifs des changements sur l'efficacité de l'enchère. Cette modification consiste à appliquer deux traitements sur l'enchère de prix uniforme où s'échange le quota. Le premier traitement consiste en une exclusion (5% ou 15%) des mises les plus élevées des acheteurs et des vendeurs. Le second traitement est une taxe (2% ou 10%) appliquée aux unités que les vendeurs mettent en marché et ne réussissent pas à vendre. Différentes combinaisons de ces deux traitements sont également testées. Les données générées permettent de conclure que le mécanisme d'exclusion des mises les plus élevées permet de faire diminuer le prix du quota, l'exclusion de 15%étant plus efficace que celle de 5%. Pour sa part, la taxe seule a peu d'impact sur le prix du quota tandis que la combinaison des deux traitements entraîne une diminution du nombre de transactions et du prix du quota plus marquée que lorsque les traitements de taxe et d'exclusion sont appliqués individuellement. Cela a comme corollaire d'entraîner une perte d'efficacitééconomique plus importante. Dans tous les cas, des baisses de prix de marché relativement modestes sont réalisées au coût d'importantes pertes d'efficacitééconomique.

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Maurice Doyon; Virginie Simard; Kent D. Messer; Lota D. Tamini; Harry M. Kaiser. An Experimental Analysis of Modifications to the Centralized Milk Quota Exchange System in Quebec. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 2008, 56, 295 -312.

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Maurice Doyon, Virginie Simard, Kent D. Messer, Lota D. Tamini, Harry M. Kaiser. An Experimental Analysis of Modifications to the Centralized Milk Quota Exchange System in Quebec. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. 2008; 56 (3):295-312.

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Maurice Doyon; Virginie Simard; Kent D. Messer; Lota D. Tamini; Harry M. Kaiser. 2008. "An Experimental Analysis of Modifications to the Centralized Milk Quota Exchange System in Quebec." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 56, no. 3: 295-312.

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Published: 01 March 2008 in Journal of Dairy Science
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New England dairy farmers are under intense price pressure resulting from important growth in milk production from lower cost of production Southwest states as well as by retailers’ market power. Agricultural officials and legislative bodies in New England and in other Northeast US states are aware of these pressures and have been reacting with emergency dairy farm aid, following a very low 2006 milk price, and with state legislations in an attempt to address perceived excess retailing margins for fluid milk. In this paper, we suggest that a sigmoid demand relationship exists for fluid milk. This demand relationship would explain fluid milk asymmetric price transmission, high-low pricing, and the creation of a large retailing margin (chain surplus) often observed for fluid milk. It is also argued that a sigmoid demand relationship offers an opportunity for state legislators to help Northeast dairy farmers capturing a larger share of the dollar of the consumers through various policy options. Therefore, 5 milk market channel regulatory mechanisms (status quo, price gouging, supply control, fair share policy, and chain surplus return) are discussed and compared. The supply control mechanism was found the most effective at redistributing the chain surplus, associated with the sigmoid demand relationship for fluid milk, to dairy farmers. However, this option is unlikely to be politically acceptable in the United States. Second-best options for increasing dairy farmers’ share of the consumers’ dollar are the fair price policy and the chain surplus return. The former mechanism would distribute the chain surplus between retailers, processors, and farmers, whereas the latter would distribute it between consumers, retailers, and farmers. Remaining mechanisms would either transfer the chain surplus to retailers (status quo) or to consumers (price gouging).

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M. Doyon; G. Criner; L.A. Bragg. Milk Marketing Policy Options for the Dairy Industry in New England. Journal of Dairy Science 2008, 91, 1229 -1235.

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M. Doyon, G. Criner, L.A. Bragg. Milk Marketing Policy Options for the Dairy Industry in New England. Journal of Dairy Science. 2008; 91 (3):1229-1235.

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M. Doyon; G. Criner; L.A. Bragg. 2008. "Milk Marketing Policy Options for the Dairy Industry in New England." Journal of Dairy Science 91, no. 3: 1229-1235.

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Published: 01 December 2006 in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
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Food products have diversified with industry globalization. To market functional foods efficiently, food managers must gauge cross‐cultural variance of functional food acceptance. Expanding on previous research, we investigate young consumers' acceptance of functional foods. Data collected in French Canada, United States, and France in 2004 reveal that business students are slightly in favor of functional foods, and associate health benefits with these foods but very few product‐related benefits. Students do not have strong opinions on the trustworthiness of information and expressed a slight interest in purchasing this type of product. Analyses of cultural differences revealed significant, albeit small, divergence in these variables. Statistical analysis performed on the full sample assessed the impact of food attitudes and other cognitive and attitudinal factors on the general attitude toward functional foods. Health and product‐related benefits and belief about the credibility of information are the main positive determinants of the acceptance of functional foods, followed by high knowledge. Apart from the negative impact of Neophobia, none of the other food attitudes influences attitudes toward functional foods. Linear regressions performed on each subgroup indicated similar positive cross‐cultural results for health and product‐related benefits. However, cross‐cultural differences are detected for knowledge, credibility of information, and food attitudes that influence acceptance of functional foods. Les produits alimentaires se sont diversifiés avec l'avènement de la mondialisation. Pour commercialiser efficacement les aliments fonctionnels, les gestionnaires du secteur alimentaire doivent évaluer l'acceptation des aliments fonctionnels par les diverses cultures. À partir de travaux de recherche antérieurs, nous avons examiné l'acceptation des aliments fonctionnels par les jeunes consommateurs. Des données recueillies en 2004 au Canada français, aux États‐Unis et en France ont révélé que les étudiants en commerce étaient légèrement en faveur des aliments fonctionnels, leur associaient des avantages pour la santé, mais très peu d'avantages liés aux produits. Les étudiants n'avaient pas une très bonne opinion concernant la crédibilité de l'information et ont manifesté un faible intérêt pour l'achat de ces produits. Des analyses des différences culturelles ont révélé des divergences, petites mais significatives. Les analyses statistiques effectuées sur l'échantillon total ont évalué l'impact des attitudes envers les aliments ainsi que d'autres facteurs cognitifs et attitudinaux sur l'attitude générale envers les aliments fonctionnels. Les avantages pour la santé, les avantages liés aux produits et les croyances concernant la crédibilité de l'information sont les principaux facteurs favorables à l'acceptation des aliments fonctionnels, suivis d'un degré de connaissances élevé. Outre l'impact négatif de la néophobie, aucune autre des attitudes envers les aliments n'influe sur les attitudes envers les aliments fonctionnels. Les régressions linéaires effectuées pour chaque sous‐groupe ont indiqué des résultats positifs similaires. Toutefois, nous avons noté des différences interculturelles quant à la connaissance, à la crédibilité de l'information et aux attitudes envers les aliments qui influencent l'acceptation des aliments fonctionnels.

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Joanne Labrecque; Maurice Doyon; François Bellavance; Jane Kolodinsky. Acceptance of Functional Foods: A Comparison of French, American, and French Canadian Consumers. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 2006, 54, 647 -661.

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Joanne Labrecque, Maurice Doyon, François Bellavance, Jane Kolodinsky. Acceptance of Functional Foods: A Comparison of French, American, and French Canadian Consumers. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. 2006; 54 (4):647-661.

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Joanne Labrecque; Maurice Doyon; François Bellavance; Jane Kolodinsky. 2006. "Acceptance of Functional Foods: A Comparison of French, American, and French Canadian Consumers." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 54, no. 4: 647-661.

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Published: 01 December 2002 in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
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Maurice Doyon. An Overview of the Evolution of Agricultural Cooperatives in Quebec. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 2002, 50, 497 -509.

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Maurice Doyon. An Overview of the Evolution of Agricultural Cooperatives in Quebec. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. 2002; 50 (4):497-509.

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Maurice Doyon. 2002. "An Overview of the Evolution of Agricultural Cooperatives in Quebec." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 50, no. 4: 497-509.

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Published: 11 July 2002 in Agribusiness
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A marketing margin model that allows testing for constant returns to scale technology and asymmetric marketing costs and farm price transmissions is proposed. Results indicate that a constant returns to scale technology cannot be rejected. During the period prior to the enactment of the price gouging law in June 1991 by the New York State Legislature, significant short-run and long-run asymmetries in both marketing costs and farm price transmissions were identified. After 1991, these asymmetries were no longer significant or were reduced substantially. Finally, the legislative change that occurred in 1987, allowing Farmland Dairies' entry into the New York City fluid milk market, contributed significantly to reducing marketing margins in the New York City fluid milk market. [EconLit Citations: D400, C300]

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Robert Romain; Maurice Doyon; Mathieu Frigon. Effects of state regulations on marketing margins and price transmission asymmetry: Evidence from the New York City and upstate New York fluid milk markets. Agribusiness 2002, 18, 301 -315.

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Robert Romain, Maurice Doyon, Mathieu Frigon. Effects of state regulations on marketing margins and price transmission asymmetry: Evidence from the New York City and upstate New York fluid milk markets. Agribusiness. 2002; 18 (3):301-315.

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Robert Romain; Maurice Doyon; Mathieu Frigon. 2002. "Effects of state regulations on marketing margins and price transmission asymmetry: Evidence from the New York City and upstate New York fluid milk markets." Agribusiness 18, no. 3: 301-315.

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Published: 01 November 2001 in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
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Maurice A. Doyon. The Effect of the Elimination of Federal Milk Marketing Orders on Farm-level Markets: A Laboratory Experiment. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 2001, 49, 353 -374.

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Maurice A. Doyon. The Effect of the Elimination of Federal Milk Marketing Orders on Farm-level Markets: A Laboratory Experiment. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. 2001; 49 (3):353-374.

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Maurice A. Doyon. 2001. "The Effect of the Elimination of Federal Milk Marketing Orders on Farm-level Markets: A Laboratory Experiment." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 49, no. 3: 353-374.