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New Evidence on Information Disclosure through Restaurant Hygiene Grading: Reply

  • Ginger Zhe Jin
  • Phillip Leslie
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
vol. 11, no. 4, November 2019
(pp. 429-43)
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Abstract

Ho, Ashwood, and Handan-Nader (forthcoming) replicates table VI of Jin and Leslie (2003) but questions its research design. Robustness checks support our original conclusion—foodborne hospitalizations, as defined in JL, declined in Los Angeles County (LA) relative to the rest of California (CA) after LA adopted restaurant hygiene grade cards in 1998. More precisely, the decline in LA is pronounced against central and Northern CA, but insignificant when compared with the rest of Southern CA. One possible explanation is that the LA regulation has generated spillovers in Southern CA.

Citation

Jin, Ginger Zhe, and Phillip Leslie. 2019. "New Evidence on Information Disclosure through Restaurant Hygiene Grading: Reply." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 11 (4): 429-43. DOI: 10.1257/pol.20180543

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JEL Classification

  • D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
  • H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
  • I12 Health Behavior
  • I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
  • L83 Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
  • L88 Industry Studies: Services: Government Policy
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