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New Evidence on Information Disclosure through Restaurant Hygiene Grading: Reply

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  • Ginger Zhe Jin
  • Phillip Leslie

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Ho, Ashwood, and Handan-Nader (forthcoming) replicates table VI of Jin and Leslie (2003) but questions its research design. Robustness checks support our original conclusion—foodborne hospitalizations, as defined in JL, declined in Los Angeles County (LA) relative to the rest of California (CA) after LA adopted restaurant hygiene grade cards in 1998. More precisely, the decline in LA is pronounced against central and Northern CA, but insignificant when compared with the rest of Southern CA. One possible explanation is that the LA regulation has generated spillovers in Southern CA.

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  • Ginger Zhe Jin & Phillip Leslie, 2019. "New Evidence on Information Disclosure through Restaurant Hygiene Grading: Reply," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 11(4), pages 429-443, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aejpol:v:11:y:2019:i:4:p:429-43
    Note: DOI: 10.1257/pol.20180543
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    Cited by:

    1. Kovács, Balázs & Lehman, David W. & Carroll, Glenn R., 2020. "Grade inflation in restaurant hygiene inspections: Repeated interactions between inspectors and restaurateurs," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    2. John Bovay, 2023. "Food safety, reputation, and regulation," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(2), pages 684-704, June.

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    JEL classification:

    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
    • L88 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Government Policy

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