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DOI10.3386/w26869
来源IDWorking Paper 26869
Chain Restaurant Calorie Posting Laws, Obesity, and Consumer Welfare
Charles J. Courtemanche; David E. Frisvold; David Jimenez-Gomez; Mariétou Ouayogodé; Michael Price
发表日期2020-03-23
出版年2020
语种英语
摘要The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) introduced a mandate requiring chain restaurants to post calorie counts on menus and menu boards. This paper investigates whether and why calorie posting laws work. To do so, we develop a model of calories consumed that highlights two potential channels through which mandates influence choice and outlines an empirical strategy to disentangle these alternatives. We test the predictions of our model using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare changes in body mass index (BMI), obesity, and consumer well-being in locations that implemented calorie-posting laws between 2008 and 2011 to those in neighboring locations without such laws. We find that calorie mandates lead to a small but statistically significant reduction in average BMI of 0.2 kg/m² (1.5 pounds) and reductions in self-reported measures of life satisfaction. Quantile regressions provide evidence that reductions in BMI and life satisfaction are concentrated among those with healthy weight. Viewed in its totality, the pattern of results is consistent with an economic model in which calorie labels influence consumers both by providing information and by imposing a welfare-reducing moral cost on unhealthy eating.
主题Microeconomics ; Behavioral Economics ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Poverty and Wellbeing
URLhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w26869
来源智库National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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Charles J. Courtemanche,David E. Frisvold,David Jimenez-Gomez,et al. Chain Restaurant Calorie Posting Laws, Obesity, and Consumer Welfare. 2020.
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