Can fat taxes and package size restrictions stimulate healthy food choices?

Elke Huyghe and Anneleen Van Kerckhove

International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2013, vol. 30, issue 4, 421-423

Abstract: Consumers prefer bonus packs, as opposed to price discounts, for healthy foods, but they want a price discount rather than a bonus pack for indulgent foods (Mishra & Mishra, 2011). This study conceptually replicates and extends this finding to show that consumers are more responsive to changes in price than to changes in package size for indulgent food options, whereas they are more responsive to changes in package size than to changes in price for healthy food options.

Keywords: Sales promotion; Packaging; Price; Food; Vice; Virtue (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijresmar.2013.07.002

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