Food industry firms' economic incentives to provide nutritional information to the market: European breakfast cereals, snacks, and soft drinks industries
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Food industry firms' economic incentives to provide nutritional information to the market : European breakfast cereals, snacks, and soft drinks industries. / Jensen, Jørgen Dejgård; Ronit, Karsten.
I: Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing, Bind 25, Nr. 3, 2013, s. 209-224.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Food industry firms' economic incentives to provide nutritional information to the market
T2 - European breakfast cereals, snacks, and soft drinks industries
AU - Jensen, Jørgen Dejgård
AU - Ronit, Karsten
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Information asymmetries between producers and consumers exist with respect to nutritional characteristics of foods and beverages. This paper aims to analyze firms’ methods to supply nutritional information, focusing on three specific food industries: breakfast cereals, snacks and soft drinks. A theoretical model is developed and tested empirically on European firm-level data obtained from company websites. Firms' incentives to provide nutritional information are positively related to their products’ healthfulness, to firm size and to firms’ degree of international orientation. These insights may have important implications for the design of regulations to increase efficiency in the supply of nutritional information to consumers.
AB - Information asymmetries between producers and consumers exist with respect to nutritional characteristics of foods and beverages. This paper aims to analyze firms’ methods to supply nutritional information, focusing on three specific food industries: breakfast cereals, snacks and soft drinks. A theoretical model is developed and tested empirically on European firm-level data obtained from company websites. Firms' incentives to provide nutritional information are positively related to their products’ healthfulness, to firm size and to firms’ degree of international orientation. These insights may have important implications for the design of regulations to increase efficiency in the supply of nutritional information to consumers.
KW - Former LIFE faculty
KW - economic incentives
KW - nutritional information
KW - breakfast cereals
KW - snacks
KW - soft drinks
U2 - 10.1080/08974438.2013.724005
DO - 10.1080/08974438.2013.724005
M3 - Journal article
VL - 25
SP - 209
EP - 224
JO - Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing
JF - Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing
SN - 0897-4438
IS - 3
ER -
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