Are food choices really habitual? Integrating habits, variety-seeking, and compensatory choice in a utility-maximizing framework

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-41

  Adamowicz, Wiktor L ^a   Swait, Joffre D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice modeling; consumer packaged goods; food choices; habits; habitual behavior; panel data; routine; variety seeking

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA;

EID: 84871727114     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aas078     Document Type: Article

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