Traffic lights and food choice: A choice experiment examining the relationship between nutritional food labels and price

Arbeitspapier

In this paper we investigate how consumers respond to the UK food label Traffic Light System (TLS). Employing a Choice Experiment (CE) we find that consumers appear to behave in a manner consistent with our expectations regarding the impact of the TLS nutrition label. In particular, we identify a strong preference on the part of respondents to avoid a basket of goods containing a mix of foods with any 'Red' lights. We have also found that consumers have a hierarchy of importance in terms of perception of the various nutrients examined and clear behavioural differences associated with particular socio-economic characteristics confirming early research on the use of nutrition labels. Overall our results indicate significant heterogeneity in the attitudes and responses of consumers to food labels within and across socioeconomic strata in terms of the magnitude of WTP.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: School of Economics Discussion Papers ; No. 09,15

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions ; Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
• Thema: nutrients ; traffic light system ; choice experiment ; Bayesian mixed logit ; Lebensmittelbelastung ; Kontrolle ; Produktinformation ; Konsumentenverhalten ; Willingness to pay ; Großbritannien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Balcombe, Kelvin ; Fraser, Iain ; di Falco, Salvatore
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Kent, School of Economics
• (wo): Canterbury
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/50635
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ