Does the magnitude of relative calorie distance affect food consumption?

Huseynov, Samir; Palma, Marco A.; Ahmad, Ghufran

doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2021.05.037

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“…Decision constraints may also direct the attention of decision‐makers to more salient information (Haushofer & Fehr, 2014). Recent studies show that the decision environment may divert the focus of consumers to a small subset of choice attributes and consequently change economic decisions (see, e.g., Allcott & Kessler, 2019; Bordalo et al, 2013; Gabaix et al, 2006; Huseynov et al, 2019; Königsheim et al, 2019; Kőszegi & Szeidl, 2012; Palma, 2017; Taubinsky & Rees‐Jones, 2017). We expect that monetary concerns affect economic choices by making price the salient attribute and consequently increasing the attentional focus to it (Shah et al, 2012).…”

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Distributional effects of perceptional financial scarcity and abundance on food choices

Huseynov

Palma

Segovia

2023

J of Agr & App Econ Assoc

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This article enriches the attribute‐based choice literature in economics by providing compelling evidence that inducing perceptional financial scarcity and abundance affects consumer food choices. Our experiment shows that induced financial scarcity reduces the likelihood of purchasing high‐quality low‐calorie food items at a price premium. We also find that income is an important factor that moderates this effect. The low‐income group demonstrates similar purchasing behaviors in the Scarcity and Abundance experimental conditions. However, the high‐income group is more likely to respond to perceptional financial changes.

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