TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Danzer, Alexander M.
AU  - Zeidler, Helen
        TI  - Present Bias in Choices over Food and Money
        PY  - 2024/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17415
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17415
        AB  - This paper investigates time inconsistencies in food consumption based on a field experiment at a college canteen where participants repeatedly select and consume lunch menus. The design features a convex non-monetary budget in a natural environment and satisfies the consume-on-receipt assumption. Leveraging 3,666 choices of different food healthiness, we find no time inconsistency at the meal level. Utility weight estimates at the dish level reveal that consumers balance healthiness between food categories. Individuals who exert self-control take up a commitment device as soon as available, while non-committers are present-biased. Dynamic inconsistencies in food and money choices are independent.
        KW  - field experiment
KW  - dynamic inconsistency
KW  - commitment
KW  - food consumption
        ER  -