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Bollinger, Bryan - 2010

We study the impact of mandatory calorie posting on consumers' purchase decisions, using detailed data from Starbucks. We find that average calories per transaction falls by 6%. The effect is almost entirely related to changes in consumers' food choices--there is almost no change in purchases of...

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Chain Restaurant Calorie Posting Laws, Obesity, and Consumer Welfare

Courtemanche, Charles - 2020

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...

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Why Don't We Sleep Enough? A Field Experiment Among College Students

Avery, Mallory L.; Giuntella, Osea; Jiao, Peiran - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

incentives can be used to promote healthier sleep habits. To this end, we conducted a field experiment with college students …

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Can Iron-Fortified Salt Control Anemia? Evidence from Two Experiments in Rural Bihar

Banerjee, Abhijit - 2016

significant impact on hemoglobin, anemia, physical health, cognition or mental health. For the sales experiment, we can reject at … iodine. We conducted a large-scale experiment in rural Bihar. In 200 villages, randomly selected out of 400, DFS was …

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Do The Effects of Social Nudges Persist? Theory and Evidence from 38 Natural Field Experiments

Brandon, Alec - 2017

social nudge. Our investigation considers two channels: physical capital in the home and habit formation in the household …

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Toward an Understanding of the Economics of Prosumers : Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

List, John A.; Pragidis, Ioannis C.; Price, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

service provider in Sweden to explore the economics facing such agents by conducting a natural field experiment over a 32 …

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Lighting Up and Slimming Down : The Effects of Body Weight and Cigarette Prices on Adolescent Smoking Initiation

Cawley, John - 2003

This paper examines the influence of body weight, body image, and cigarette prices in determining adolescent smoking initiation. Adolescents who desire to lose weight may initiate smoking as a method of appetite control. Such behavior may undermine the goals of tobacco control policies that seek...

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Nutrient Intake : A Cross-National Analysis of Trends and Economic Correlates

Dave, Dhaval M. - 2016

Nutrition is a key input in the health production function, and a better understanding of how we eat can aid in guiding … effective policy change towards better population health. This study documents prevalence rates, trends in, and potential … real GDP per capita, labor force participation, and health care measures in a nation can partly explain the increase in …

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Diabetes and Diet : Behavioral Response and the Value of Health

Oster, Emily - 2015

Individuals with obesity often appear reluctant to undertake dietary changes. Evaluating the reasons for this reluctance, as well as appropriate policy responses, is hampered by a lack of data on behavioral response to dietary advice. I use household scanner data to estimate food purchase...

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Food for Thought : Comparing Estimates of Food Availability in England and Wales, 1700-1914

Harris, Bernard - 2014

In The Changing Body (Cambridge University Press and NBER, 2011), the authors presented a series of estimates showing the number of calories available for human consumption in England and Wales at various points in time between 1700 and 1909/13. The current paper corrects an error in those...

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