Effects of front-of-pack labels on the nutritional quality of supermarket food purchases: evidence from a large-scale randomized controlled trial
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- Pierre Dubois & Paulo Albuquerque & Olivier Allais & Céline Bonnet & Patrice Bertail & Pierre Combris & Saadi Lahlou & Natalie Rigal & Bernard Ruffieux & Pierre Chandon, 2021. "Effects of front-of-pack labels on the nutritional quality of supermarket food purchases: evidence from a large-scale randomized controlled trial," Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Springer, vol. 49(1), pages 119-138, January.
- Dubois, Pierre & Albuquerque, Paulo & Allais, Olivier & Bonnet, Céline & Bertail, Patrice & Combris, Pierre & Lahlou, Saadi & Rigal, Natalie & Ruffieux, Bernard & Chandon, Pierre, 2021. "Effects of front-of-pack labels on the nutritional quality of supermarket food purchases: evidence from a large-scale randomized controlled trial," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 104335, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Pierre Dubois & Paulo Albuquerque & Olivier Allais & Céline Bonnet & Patrice Bertail & Pierre Combris & Saadi Lahlou & Natalie Rigal & Bernard Ruffieux & Pierre Chandon, 2020. "Effects of front-of-pack labels on the nutritional quality of supermarket food purchases: evidence from a large-scale randomized controlled trial," Post-Print hal-02562456, HAL.
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Keywords
Nutrition; labelling; supermarket; RCT; food; Field experiment; policy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2020-05-04 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2020-05-04 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2020-05-04 (Health Economics)
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