Abstract
Food purchases differ substantially across countries. We use detailed household-level data from the United States, France, and the United Kingdom to (i) document these differences; (ii) estimate a demand system for food and nutrients; and (iii) simulate counterfactual choices if households faced prices and nutritional characteristics from other countries. We find that differences in prices and characteristics are important and can explain some difference (e.g., United States-France difference in caloric intake) but generally cannot explain many of the compositional patterns by themselves. Instead, it seems an interaction between the economic environment and differences in preferences is needed to explain cross-country differences. (JEL D12, I12, L11, L66, Q11).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 832-867 |
Number of pages | 36 |
Journal | American Economic Review |
Volume | 104 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
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Replication data for: Do Prices and Attributes Explain International Differences in Food Purchases?
Dubois, P. (Creator), Griffith, R. (Creator) & Nevo, A. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2014
DOI: 10.3886/e112746v1, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/112746/version/V1/view
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