Dubois, Pierre, Griffith, Rachel and Nevo, Aviv (2013) Do Prices and Attributes Explain International Differences in Food Purchases? TSE Working Paper, n. 13-370, Toulouse

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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
di¤erence (e.g., US-France di¤erence in caloric intake), but generally cannot explain
many of the compositional patterns by themselves. Instead, it seems an interaction
between the economic environment and di¤erences in preferences is needed to explain
cross country differences.

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