Bollinger, Bryan; Leslie, Phillip; Sorensen, Alan - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 3 (2011) 1, pp. 91-128
We study the impact of mandatory calorie posting on consumers' purchase decisions using detailed data from Starbucks. We find that average calories per transaction fall by 6 percent. The effect is almost entirely related to changes in consumers' food choices—there is almost no change in...
