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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP12499
	DP12499 A new year, a new you? Heterogeneity and self-control in food purchases
	Rachel Griffith; Martin O'Connell; Kate Smith; Laurens Cherchye; Bram De Rock; Frederic Vermeulen
发表日期	2017-12-13
出版年	2017
语种	英语
摘要	We document considerable within-person (over time) variation in diet quality that is not fully explained by responses to fluctuations in the economic environment. We propose a two-selves model that provides a structural interpretation to this variation, in which food choices are a compromise between a healthy and an unhealthy self, each with well-behaved preferences. We show that the data are consistent with this model using revealed preference methods. The extent of self-control problems is higher among younger and lower income consumers, though this is overstated if we do not control for responses to fluctuations in the economic environment. Our results are intuitively related to stated attitudes on self-control.
主题	Industrial Organization
关键词	Two-selves model Self-control Revealed preferences
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp12499
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/541310
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rachel Griffith,Martin O'Connell,Kate Smith,et al. DP12499 A new year, a new you? Heterogeneity and self-control in food purchases. 2017.