We developed a theoretical framework that allows examination of the effect of a change in sales or excise tax on food and beverage demand after taking into consideration that consumers may have imperfect tax knowledge, are sometimes inattentive to sales tax, may not be informed of a sales tax...

Posting tax-inclusive price tags on grocery products can reduce demand through an information effect that corrects consumers who misperceive the actual tax status. We disentangle the information effect from the salience effect developed by Chetty, Looney, and Kroft (2009, CLK for short). By...

State and federal minimum wage hikes are likely to impact the retail industry employing a great number of less well-compensated part-time workers. Despite the relevance of this issue, it is not clear how minimum wage increases affect full-time and part-time retail employees differentially. In...