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U.S. Mushroom Import Demand Estimation With Source Differentiated Aids And Rotterdam Models, Jun Li
U.S. Mushroom Import Demand Estimation With Source Differentiated Aids And Rotterdam Models, Jun Li
Department of Agricultural Economics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
While technically considered as fungi, mushrooms are often classified as vegetables because they provide many of the nutritional attributes of produce as well as meat, beans, and grains. The U.S. is the largest consumer of mushrooms and the share of imports in total consumption of mushrooms has been rising and will likely continue to rise as U.S. consumers increasingly adopt healthier diets. While most of U.S. fresh mushroom imports are from Canada, China, Mexico and South Korea, most of U.S. canned mushroom imports are from China, India, Indonesia, and the Netherlands.
The contribution of this thesis is to provide the …