Measuring the Welfare Effects of Nutrition Information

摘要: Cost/benefit analysis justifies regulations altering the amount of health-related information presented to consumers. The current method benefit analysis, cost avoided illness, is limited; it assumes benefits are adequately represented by changes in illnesses. manuscript develops a estimation measure welfare impacts providing nutrient information. Nutrient labeling significantly affects purchase behaviour but may not lead increased consumption health foods. increase without any change risk. Thus, illness approach can underestimate social Copyright 2001, Oxford University Press.