A new year, a new you? Temptation and self-control in food purchases

Published on 27 October 2017

This presentation was given at the plenary talk at the Association of South European Theorists Annual Conference in Algiers.

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This presentation was given at the plenary talk at the Association of South European Theorists Annual Conference in Algiers.

    Authors

    Rachel Cassidy
    Rachel Griffith

    Co-director, CPP Institute

    Rachel is an CPP Institute Co-director and Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester. 

    Presentation details

    DOI
    10.1920/ps.ifs.2024.0517
    Publisher
    IFS

    Suggested citation

    Griffith, R. (2017). 'A new year, a new you? Temptation and self-control in food purchases' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/new-year-new-you-temptation-and-self-control-food-purchases (accessed: 14 November 2026).

    Grant

    Empirical evidence on the formation of habits, self-control and non-separabilities in food choices (FOODHABITS) Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), 2015-2020 Developing robust methods for evaluating policies in the markets for food and nutrition

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