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- This paper explores the link between how people use food nutrition labels and their time preference behavior, suggesting that those who are more patient and less impulsive tend to use labels more.
- The study involved analyzing a survey of 1220 Chinese adults, confirming that both impatience and hyperbolic discounting affect label usage.
- Findings have significant implications for designing strategies to encourage better food label use, ultimately aiming to help consumers make healthier dietary choices, especially in developing countries.
Article Abstract
The assumption that label use behavior is, to some extent, intertemporal decision behavior because the benefit of label use cannot be realized instantly, is insufficiently considered. This paper is the first to examine directly if food nutrition label use is associated with behavioral inclinations in time preference. Using a theoretical analysis, this paper illustrates that individuals with lower present bias and higher long-run patience tend to use nutrition labels more frequently. In an empirical investigation, an analysis of a nationwide survey of 1220 Chinese adults confirmed that time preference relates to label use behavior, not only via impatience but also via hyperbolic discounting. Results of this study can help to better understand label-use behavior. They also provide important policy implications for the design of proper strategies for improving food nutrition label use, as well as help consumers in China and other developing countries choose healthier diets.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101184 | DOI Listing |
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