Do Prices and Attributes Explain International Differences in Food Purchases?

Rachel Griffith, Aviv Nevo and Pierre Dubois

No 9328, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: Food purchases differ substantially across countries. We use detailed household level data from the US, France and the UK 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., US-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.

Keywords: Characteristics model; Demand; Nutrition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C51 D1 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-02
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