When Food Gets Political: How Does News Drive Green Food Offerings?
This paper provides causal evidence that local social media news significantly promotes small businesses’ adoption of sustainable food innovations, with stronger effects in liberal-leaning regions.
Authors
- Tong Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3171-2890)
- Daniel Yi Xu
- Boya Xu
Institutions
- National Bureau of Economic Research (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Virginia Tech (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Marketing Science
- Published
- 2026-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.2025.0134
- Primary Topic
- Media Influence and Politics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00