TY  - JOUR
ID  - publications15650
UR  - http://tse-fr.eu/pub/27256
IS  - n° 3
A1  - Dubois, Pierre
A1  - Griffith, Rachel
A1  - Nevo, Aviv
Y1  - 2014/03//
N2  - 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.
PB  - American Economic Association
JF  - American Economic Review (AER)
VL  - vol. 104
SN  - 0002-8282
TI  - Do Prices and Attributes Explain International Differences in Food Purchases?
SP  - 832
AV  - public
EP  - 867
ER  -