@article{Lai:307916, recid = {307916}, author = {Lai, John and Morgan, Stephen and Kassas, Bachir and Kropp, Jaclyn and Gao, Zhifeng}, title = {Spending of Economic Stimulus Payments and Changes in Food Purchasing During the COVID-19 Pandemic}, journal = {Choices}, address = {2020-12-11}, number = {316-2020-1814}, month = {Dec}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Using a nationwide survey, we characterize the ways in which U.S. households spent their economic impact payments (EIPs) and investigate changes in household food purchasing in response to COVID-19. Most consumers allocated a significant fraction of their EIPs to food, with an increase in spending on canned food, dry goods, and snacks.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/307916}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.307916}, }