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AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 91-128Publisher
AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC
DOI: 10.1257/pol.3.1.91
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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 purchases of beverage calories. There is no impact on Starbucks profit on average, and for the subset of stores located close to their competitor Dunkin Donuts, the effect of calorie posting is actually to increase Starbucks revenue. Survey evidence and analysis of commuters suggests the mechanism for the effect is a combination of learning and salience. (JEL D12, D18, D83, L83)
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