Young Food Consumers: How do Children Respond to Point-of-Purchase Interventions?

Sean Cash and Anna R. McAlister

No 252700, 2017 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 6-8, 2017, Chicago, Illinois from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Abstract: We seek to examine how “adult-facing” food price interventions (such as junk food taxes) and warning labels may influence kids who are buying their own snacks. This work, conducted through a series of both laboratory and field experiments, also looks at the cognitive correlates of children’s market behavior. A proper understanding of the development and functioning of children as autonomous consumers has important implications for the role of labelling policies for good nutritional choices on children and the economy.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28
Date: 2017-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.252700

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