Promotion and Fast Food Demand: Where's the Beef?
Timothy Richards and
Luis Padilla
No 7711, Consumer and Market Demand Network Papers from University of Alberta, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology
Abstract:
Many believe that fast food promotion is a significant cause of the obesity epidemic in North America. Industry members argue that promotion only reallocates brand shares and does not increase overall demand. This study weighs into the debate by specifying and estimating a discrete/continuous model of fast food restaurant choice and food expenditure that explicitly accounts for both spatial and temporal determinants of demand. Estimates are obtained using a unique panel of Canadian fast food consumers. The results show that promotion primarily increases demand and has very little effect on restaurant market shares.
Keywords: Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.7711
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