Sofia Berto Villas-Boas |
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Class of 1934 Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor in Agricultural Economics |
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Email: sberto@berkeley.edu U California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, 223 University Hall, CA 94720-3310 |
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PUBLICATIONS á
Patterns of Pass-through of Commodity
Price Shocks to Retail Prices , joint with P.
Berck, E Leiptag, and Alex Solis, CUDARE Working paper
1082, 2009, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 91 (5):1456-1461,
Papers and Proceedings. á
Expert Opinion and the Demand for
Experience Goods: An Experimental Approach, joint with James Hilger and
Greg Rafert, 2011, Review of Economics and
Statistics, 93 (4): 1289-1296, CUDARE Working paper
1049, 2010. á
Tracking the Libor Rate, joint with
George Judge and Romy Abrantes-Metz, 2011. Applied
Economics Letters, 18 (10):893-899 Link,
CUDARE Working Paper
1108 . á
Are consumers Color Blind? An Empirical
Investigation of a Traffic Light Advisory for Sustainable Seafood, joint with
Eric Hallstein, forthcoming Journal of Environmental
Economics and Management, CUDARE
Working paper 1088 , <a href=Ó
http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S009506961300020XÓ>Link
forthcoming paper </a>. á
Empirical Evidence on the Role of Non Linear
Wholesale Pricing and Vertical Restraints on Cost Pass-Through, joint with
Celine Bonnet and Pierre Dubois, CUDARE Working paper 1089 , 2009, CEPR link 2010 . forthcoming
Review of Economics and Statistics. á
Judge, G. and S. B. Villas-Boas, "An
Information Theoretic Approach To Understanding The Micro Foundations of Macro
Processes." Theoretical Economics Letters, Vol. 3 (1), 2013. Link available here . RESEARCH UNDER SUBMISSION RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Hallstein,
E., J. Hilger, and S. B. Villas-Boas, "Estimating Consumers' Willingness
to Pay for Environmental Sustainability Labeling." Carrera, Mariana P., S. B. Villas-Boas,
"Generic aversion and observational learning in the over-the-counter drug market ." Berck, P., J. Moe-Lange, A. Stevens, and S.
B. Villas-Boas, "Measuring Consumer Responses to a Bottled Water Tax
Policy." Anderson, M., Kiesel, K., L. Smialkova, and S. B. Villas-Boas, "Taste and Food
Education in Belarusian Secondary Schools." Allain,
M-L, C. Chambolle, S. Turolla,
and S. B. Villas-Boas, "The impact of Retail Mergers on Food Prices:
Evidence from France". Toledo, C. and S. B. Villas-Boas,
""Food Borne Disease Outbreaks, Consumer Purchases and Product Perferences: The Case of the 2010 Salmonella Egg Outbreak
in the U. S.". Bonnet, C. and S. B. Villas-Boas, "An
Analysis of Asymmetric Consumer Price Responses and Asymmetric Cost Pass-Throught in the French Coffee Market." Bonnet, C., J. Hilger, and S. B. Villas-Boas,
"Assessing Consumer Valuations of Product Quality in the Form of Expert
Opinions." The Sideways Effects of Wine, joint with Frederico Finan. Grocery Store Shelf Labels, Nutrition
Information, and Consumer Choice, joint with Kristin Kiesel, Jill J. McCluskey, Hayley H. Chouinard, 2007. Identification of
Pass-Through, joint with Rebecca Hellerstein. Cross-Category Effects, Multimarket Contact
and Strategic Pricing Environmental Regulation and Arbitrage in
Wholesale Gasoline, joint with Justine Hastings. Last updated 2013