RESEARCH

Home Vitae Teaching Research Personal

RESEARCH AREAS

PRIMARY: Applied microeconomics, consumer health outcomes, food marketing and industrial organization

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Berning, J. 2012. "Access to local agriculture and weight outcomes,"Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 41 (1):57-71.
  2. Berning, J., and D.E. Sprott. 2011. “Examining the effectiveness of nutrition information in a simulated shopping environment,” Journal of Food Distribution Research, 42(3): 60-76.
  3. Berning, J. 2011. "Evaluating excise taxes: The need to consider brand advertising,"Choices. Issue 14E.
  4. Berning, J., H.H. Chouinard, and J.J. McCluskey. 2010. "Do positive nutrition shelf labels affect consumer behavior? Findings from a field experiment with scanner data," American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 92(6), proceedings.
  5. Berning, J., H.H. Chouinard, K.C. Manning, J.J. McCluskey and, D.E. Sprott. 2010. "Identifying consumer preferences for nutrition information on grocery store shelf-labels," Food Policy. 35: 429-436.
  6. Berning, J., H.H. Chouinard, and J.J. McCluskey. 2008. "Consumer preferences for detailed versus summary formats of nutrition information on grocery store shelf labels," Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization. Vol. 6: Iss.1, Article 6.

WORKING PAPERS

  1. Berning, J., R. Huang and A. Rabinowitz. "An evaluation of government proposed restricutions on television advertising of food products to children” in submission.
  2. Berning, J. and M.P. McCullough. “Coordinating on reducing advertising in the carbonated soft drinks industry” in submission.
  3. Berning, J. and S. Murphy. "The effect of physician advice on the decision to reduce alcohol consumption" in submission.
  4. Berning, J. “Does Physician Advice Lead to Weight Loss?” preparing for submission.
  5. Berning, J. "The effect of retail grocery coupons for breakfast cereals on household purchasing behavior" preparing for submission.
  6. Hogan, J. and Berning. J. “What is the relationship between education and food purchases among food insecure households?” preparing for submission.
  7. Berning, J., “Voluntary restrictions on television advertising for carbonated soft drinks: The impact on consumer demand” working paper.
  8. Berning, J. and D. Holland. "Measuring the economic impact of agricultural policies in metro and non-metro regions in Washington: a regional general equilibrium approach." Washington State University Working Paper 2006-13.
  9. Berning, J. and D. Holland, 2006. "Changes in the functional distribution of household income in Washington: a comparison using 1990 and 2000 PUMS Census data." Washington State University Working Paper 2006-9.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND COMMENTS

  1. Berning, J., A. Rabinowitz and R. Huang, 2011. Submission to Federal Trade Commission, Title: Notice Announcing Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children and Request for Comments, Subject Category: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts; Project No. P094513

WORKS IN PROGRESS

  1. "Star Wars and Ceral Wars: Implications of food marketing with movie tie-ins." with Rui Huang, Hongju Liu and Adam Rabinowitz.
  2. "Does breakfast cereal advertising target young children?" with Rui Huang and Adam Rabinowitz.

PRESENTATIONS

  1. Hogan, J. and J. Berning. "What is the relationship between education and food purchases among food insecure households" AAEA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 12-14, 2012.
  2. Berning, J., R. Huang and A. Rabinowitz. "Does breakfast cereal advertising target young children?" AAEA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 12-14, 2012.
  3. Huang, R., H. Liu, J. Berning and A. Rabinowitz. "Star Wars and Cereal Wars: Implications of food marketing with movie tie-ins." 34th ISMS Marketing Science Conference, Boston, MA, June 7-9, 2012.
  4. Berning, J., "The effect of retail grocery coupons for breakfast cereals on household purchasing behavior." AAEA/EAAE conference on Food Environment: The Effects of Context on Food Choice, Boston, MA, May 30-31, 2012.
  5. Huang, R., J. Berning and A. Rabinowitz. "An evaluation of government proposed restrictions on television advertising of food products to children." AAEA/EAAE conference on Food Environment: The Effects of Context on Food Choice, Boston, MA, May 30-31, 2012.
  6. Berning, J., "Does physician advice lead to weight loss?" EEA Annual Conference, Boston, MA, March 9-11, 2012.
  7. Berning, J., “Access to Local Agriculture and Obesity.” NAREA Symposium: Food and Health Trends—Economic Conditions, Healthy Alternatives, Local Foods, and School Lunches, presented at the AAEA & NAREA Joint Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July 24-26, 2011.
  8. Zheng, H. and J. Berning, “The Effect of Retail Grocery Coupons for Breakfast Cereals on Household Purchasing Behavior.” AAEA Selected paper presented at the AAEA & NAREA Joint Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July 24-26, 2011.
  9. McCullough, M. and J. Berning, “Coordinating on Reducing Advertising: Carbonated Soft Drinks Industry and Combating Obesity.” AAEA Selected paper presented at the AAEA & NAREA Joint Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July 24-26, 2011.
  10. Berning, J., “Advertising, Labeling and Taxes: Dealing with Obesity in the US”, presented at The Politics of Food, Three Rivers Community College, May 6, 2011. Invited speaker.
  11. Berning, J., “Voluntary restrictions on television advertising for carbonated soft drinks: The impact on consumer demand.” Selected paper presented at the 1st joint EAAE/AAEA seminar, 115th EAAE seminar The economics of food, food choice and health, Freising, Germany, September 15-17, 2010.
  12. Berning, J., “Does television advertising cause us to buy more carbonated soft drinks?” University of Connecticut, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Departmental Seminar, April 2, 2010.
  13. Berning, J., H.H. Chouinard, and J.J. McCluskey “Do positive nutrition shelf labels affect consumer behavior? Findings from a field experiment with scanner data,” selected paper presented at the Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 2-5, 2010.
  14. Berning, J., H.H. Chouinard, and J.J. McCluskey, “Measuring the Impact of Nutrition Labels on Food Purchasing Decisions: A Field Experiment with Scanner Data.” selected paper presented at the Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section (FAMPS) AAEA Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, July 26-28, 2009.
  15. Berning, J., H.H. Chouinard, and J.J. McCluskey, “The demand for nutrition information,” selected paper presented at the Information, Policy and the Food System, FAMPS/FSN Policy Conference, Economic Research, USDA, Washington DC, March 10, 2008.
  16. Berning, J., H.H. Chouinard, and J.J. McCluskey, “Identifying consumer preferences for shelf-label information,” selected paper, 2007 AAEA, WAEA, and CAES Joint Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, July 29 - August 1.
  17. Berning, J. “Economic impact of the Lewis and Clark bicentennial on communities in North Central Idaho,” 10th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, 2004.
  18. Berning, J. “Economic lessons along the trail,” Idaho Environmental Education Summit, 2005.
UCONN Dept of Agricultural and Resource Economics

JKBerning © 2010/Last Update: 08/22/2012