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Information and sin goods: Experimental evidence on cigarettes
Author(s) -
Maclean Johanna Catherine,
Buckell John
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
health economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1099-1050
pISSN - 1057-9230
DOI - 10.1002/hec.4189
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , proxy (statistics) , information source (mathematics) , business , private information retrieval , electronic cigarette , government (linguistics) , smoking cessation , advertising , marketing , public economics , economics , medicine , computer science , linguistics , paleontology , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , pathology , machine learning , biology , computer security
We test the importance of information source on consumer choice in the context of sin goods, specifically electronic and tobacco cigarettes, among adult smokers. We proxy choice with intentions to vape and quit smoking in the next 30 days. We experimentally vary the information source: government, private companies, physicians, and no source. Our findings suggest that information source matters in the context of cigarettes choice for adult smokers. Private companies appear to be an important information source for cigarettes among adult smokers.