Dubois, Pierre, Griffith, Rachel and O'Connell, Martin (2018) The effects of banning advertising in junk food markets. The Review Of Economic Studies, vol.1 (n°1). pp. 396-436.

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Identification Number : 10.1111/1756-2171.12228

Abstract

There are growing calls to restrict advertising of junk foods. Whether such a move will improve diet quality will depend on how advertising shifts consumer demands and how firms respond. We study an important and typical junk food market { the potato chips market. We exploit consumer level exposure to adverts to estimate demand, allowing advertising to potentially shift the weight consumers place on product healthiness, tilt demand curves, have dynamic effects and spillover effects across brands. We simulate the impact of a ban and show that the potential health benefits are partially offset by firms lowering prices and by consumer switching to other junk foods.

Item Type: Article
Language: English
Date: January 2018
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: advertising, demand estimation, dynamic oligopoly, welfare
JEL Classification: L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
M37 - Advertising
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 07 Feb 2017 10:26
Last Modified: 08 Jun 2021 12:56
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:31444
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/22825

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