Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective-How Do Low-Income Households Respond to Food Prices

Biing-Hwan Lin and Joanne Guthrie ()

No 59432, Economic Information Bulletin from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: This brief examines how consumers respond to food prices and how consumers’ response to price influences their purchases of particular foods, using examples drawn from previous ERS research. Implications of the findings for the use of price interventions to improve food choices are considered.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4
Date: 2007-09
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.59432

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