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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w26869 |
来源ID | Working 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 |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w26869 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/584542 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | 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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