Calorie Posting in Chain Restaurants

Bryan Bollinger, Phillip Leslie, Alan Sorensen

NBER Working Paper No. 15648
Issued in January 2010

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We thank Barbara McCarthy and Ryan Patton for research assistance. We are very grateful to Starbucks for providing us with the data used in this study. We have no consulting relationship with Starbucks—the findings in this study are completely independent of Starbucks’ interests. Thanks also to Michael Anderson, Kyle Bagwell, Dan Kessler, Eddie Lazear, David Matsa, Paul Oyer, Kathryn Shaw, Andy Skrzypacz and Mike Toffel for valuable feedback. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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