Kelvin Balcombe
Biographic Data
| ID | 6459673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelvin Balcombe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelvin |
| FAMILY NAME | Balcombe |
| SIGNATURE | BALCOMBE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7224-9233 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Assessment and valuation of government policies to improve food animal welfare
There is a need to assess the benefits of government policy to improve the welfare of food animals. We present a holistic, animal-centred welfare assessment method using an expert panel of independent animal welfare scientists linked to a survey of food shoppers’ willingness to pay (WTP) to improve welfare levels, using a 0–100 animal welfare scale. We apply this method to six food animal types in the UK and 15 different topical policy scenarios.…
Mangroves and economic development in Tobago: Incorporating payment horizons, choice certainty and ex-post interviews in discrete choice experiments
Attitudes to Risk and Uncertainty: New Insights From an Experiment Using Interval Prospects
The predominant way of eliciting risk attitudes is to ask decision-makers to choose between discrete monetary lotteries with known probabilities attached to the payoffs. Yet, arguably, most choices made day-to-day entail continuous outcomes where objective distributions are unknown. This paper investigates responses to continuous “prospects,” employing parametric methods based upon prospect theory under conditions of risk and uncertainty. We find…
Consumer preferences for chlorine-washed chicken, attitudes to Brexit and implications for future trade agreements
This research employs two discrete choice experiments to examine UK consumer preferences regarding chlorine-washed chicken. Our analysis differentiates value estimates by respondents’ beliefs about the impact of Brexit on food. The results reveal that those holding positive attitudes towards food post-Brexit tend not to value chlorine-washed chicken as negatively as those who have negative attitudes about food post-Brexit. Yet, of equal or greate…
Consumer preferences regarding country of origin for multiple meat products
A stated preference valuation of the non-market benefits of pollination services in the UK
Impact of Income on Nutrient Intakes: Implications for Undernourishment and Obesity
The relationship between income and nutrient intake is explored. Nonparametric, panel, and quantile regressions are used. Engle curves for calories, fat, and protein are approximately linear in logs with carbohydrate intakes exhibiting diminishing elasticities as incomes increase. Elasticities range from 0.10 to 0.25, with fat having the highest elasticities. Countries in higher quantiles have lower elasticities than those in lower quantiles. Res…
Provision of environmental output within a multi-output distance function approach
Measuring the consumer benefits of improving farm animal welfare to inform welfare labelling
Traffic lights and food choice: A choice experiment examining the relationship between nutritional food labels and price
Refining the use of Monte Carlo techniques for risk analysis in project planning
Monte Carlo approaches to risk analysis in project appraisal are re‐examined. Limitations with conventional methods are identified, and refinements suggested that deal with increasing uncertainty about variables throughout the project life, along with correlations and cycles among variables. These are illustrated with an example. Emphasis is placed on a practical approach that minimises demands on the appraiser's prior knowledge. Modelling the ob…
Traffic lights and food choice: A choice experiment examining the relationship between nutritional food labels and price
Measuring the consumer benefits of improving farm animal welfare to inform welfare labelling
Consumer preferences regarding country of origin for multiple meat products
Consumer preferences for chlorine-washed chicken, attitudes to Brexit and implications for future trade agreements
This research employs two discrete choice experiments to examine UK consumer preferences regarding chlorine-washed chicken. Our analysis differentiates value estimates by respondents’ beliefs about the impact of Brexit on food. The results reveal that those holding positive attitudes towards food post-Brexit tend not to value chlorine-washed chicken as negatively as those who have negative attitudes about food post-Brexit. Yet, of equal or greate…
Refining the use of Monte Carlo techniques for risk analysis in project planning
Monte Carlo approaches to risk analysis in project appraisal are re‐examined. Limitations with conventional methods are identified, and refinements suggested that deal with increasing uncertainty about variables throughout the project life, along with correlations and cycles among variables. These are illustrated with an example. Emphasis is placed on a practical approach that minimises demands on the appraiser's prior knowledge. Modelling the ob…
Traffic lights and food choice: A choice experiment examining the relationship between nutritional food labels and price
Impact of Income on Nutrient Intakes: Implications for Undernourishment and Obesity
The relationship between income and nutrient intake is explored. Nonparametric, panel, and quantile regressions are used. Engle curves for calories, fat, and protein are approximately linear in logs with carbohydrate intakes exhibiting diminishing elasticities as incomes increase. Elasticities range from 0.10 to 0.25, with fat having the highest elasticities. Countries in higher quantiles have lower elasticities than those in lower quantiles. Res…
Provision of environmental output within a multi-output distance function approach
Measuring the consumer benefits of improving farm animal welfare to inform welfare labelling
A stated preference valuation of the non-market benefits of pollination services in the UK
Consumer preferences regarding country of origin for multiple meat products
Consumer preferences for chlorine-washed chicken, attitudes to Brexit and implications for future trade agreements
This research employs two discrete choice experiments to examine UK consumer preferences regarding chlorine-washed chicken. Our analysis differentiates value estimates by respondents’ beliefs about the impact of Brexit on food. The results reveal that those holding positive attitudes towards food post-Brexit tend not to value chlorine-washed chicken as negatively as those who have negative attitudes about food post-Brexit. Yet, of equal or greate…
Attitudes to Risk and Uncertainty: New Insights From an Experiment Using Interval Prospects
The predominant way of eliciting risk attitudes is to ask decision-makers to choose between discrete monetary lotteries with known probabilities attached to the payoffs. Yet, arguably, most choices made day-to-day entail continuous outcomes where objective distributions are unknown. This paper investigates responses to continuous “prospects,” employing parametric methods based upon prospect theory under conditions of risk and uncertainty. We find…
Mangroves and economic development in Tobago: Incorporating payment horizons, choice certainty and ex-post interviews in discrete choice experiments
Assessment and valuation of government policies to improve food animal welfare
There is a need to assess the benefits of government policy to improve the welfare of food animals. We present a holistic, animal-centred welfare assessment method using an expert panel of independent animal welfare scientists linked to a survey of food shoppers’ willingness to pay (WTP) to improve welfare levels, using a 0–100 animal welfare scale. We apply this method to six food animal types in the UK and 15 different topical policy scenarios.…
Economics (10 works) · Economic and Environmental Valuation (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Econometrics (6 works) · Microeconomics (6 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (4 works) · Public economics (4 works) · Willingness to pay (4 works)