Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299877 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Publisher: 
ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel, Hamburg
Abstract: 
Food labels are supposed to quickly inform consumers about the nutritional values of products. We provide evidence that in a system where labels are voluntary, they are systematically distorted. The probability of finding a label on a product of the category with the highest nutritional value is 51 percentage points larger than in the lowest category.
Subjects: 
food labels
marketing
consumer protection
JEL: 
M38
D18
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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