The economics of chocolate
Mara P. Squicciarini (Editor),Johan F. M. Swinnen (Editor)
This book, written by global experts, provides a comprehensive and topical analysis on the economics of chocolate. While the main approach is economic analysis, there are important contributions from other disciplines, including psychology, history, government, nutrition, and geography. The chapters are organized around several themes, including the history of cocoa and chocolate - from cocoa drinks in the Maya empire to the growing sales of Belgian chocolates in China; how governments have used cocoa and chocolate as a source of tax revenue and have regulated chocolate (and defined it by law) to protect consumers' health from fraud and industries from competition; how the poor cocoa producers in developing countries are linked through trade and multinational companies with rich consumers in industrialized countries; and how the rise of consumption in emerging markets (China, India, and Africa) is causing a major boom in global demand and prices, and a potential shortage of the world's chocolate
Print Book,English, 2016
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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2016
xxvi, 478 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
9780198726449, 0198726449
939547061
The economics of chocolate : introduction and overview / Mara P. Squicciarini and Johan Swimmen
A brief economic history of chocolate / Eline Poelmans and Johan Swinnen
Chocolate consumption from the sixteenth century to the great chocolate boom / William G. Clarence-Smith
From small chocolatiers to multinationals to sustainable sourcing : a historical review of the Swiss chocolate industry / Ingrid Fromm
From pralines to multinationals : the economic history of Belgian chocolates / Maria Garrone, Hannah Pieters, and Johan Swinnen
Chocolate consumption, manufacturing, and quality in Europe and North America / Heike C. Alberts and Julie Cidell
Nutritional and health effects of chocolate / Stefania Moramarco and Loreto Nemi
Health nudges : how behavioral engineering can reduce chocolate consumption / Sabrina Bruyneel and Siegfried Dewitte
Chocolate brands and preferences of Chinese consumers / Di Mo, Scott Rozelle, and Linxiu Zhang
Consumers' willingness to pay for fair trade chocolate / Pieter Vlaeminck, Jana Vandoren, and Liesbet Vranken
Sustaining supplies in smallholder-dominated value chains : corporate governance of the global cocoa sector / Niels Fold and Jeff Neilson
Beyond fair trade : why are mainstream chocolate companies pursuing social and economic sustainability in cocoa sourcing? / Stephanie Barrientos
Policy reform and supply chain governance : insights from Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ecuador / Sietze Vellema [and others]
Chocolate brands' communication of CSR in Germany / Nina Langen and Monika Hartmann
Chocolate regulations / Giulia Meloni and Johan Swinnen
The dynamics of the world cocoa price / Christopher L. Gilbert
Concentration and price transmission in the cocoa-chocolate chain / Catherine Araujo Bonjean and Jean-François Brun
Belgian chocolate exports : quality and reputation versus increased competition / Filip Abraham, Zuzanna Studnicka, and Jan Van Hove
The burgeoning chocolate market in China / Fan Li and Di Mo
Hot chocolate in the cold : the economics and politics of chocolate in the former Soviet Union / Saule Burkitbayeva and Koen Deconinck
Too hot to handle : the explosive growth of chocolate in India / Emma Janssen and Olivia Riera
Back to the roots : growth in cocoa and chocolate consumption in Africa / Seneshaw Tamru and Johan Swinnen