The Impact of Information Disclosure on Consumer Behavior : Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of Calorie Labels on Restaurant Menus
John Cawley, Alex Susskind, Barton Willage
The impact of information on consumer behavior is a classic topic in economics, and there has recently been particular interest in whether providing nutritional information leads consumers to choose healthier diets. For example, a nationwide requirement of calorie counts on the menus of chain restaurants took effect in the U.S. in May, 2018, and the results of such information disclosure are not well known
Year of publication: |
August 2018
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Authors: | Cawley, John |
Other Persons: | Susskind, Alex (contributor) ; Willage, Barton (contributor) |
Institutions: | National Bureau of Economic Research (contributor) |
Publisher: |
Cambridge, Mass : National Bureau of Economic Research |
Subject: | Konsumentenverhalten | Consumer behaviour | Experiment | Gastronomie | Restaurant industry |
Saved in:
freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource |
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Series: | NBER working paper series ; no. w24889 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | System requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files Mode of access: World Wide Web Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers. |
Other identifiers: | 10.3386/w24889 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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