In this paper, I explore several issues related to how the COVID-19 pandemic might impact consumer demand for food. These impacts relate to the structure of preferences in the context of a pandemic, income and time constraints, and price effects. Discussion includes accounting for differential impacts of COVID-19 on demand for food across sociodemographic characteristics, and several high-level issues and observations related to where and how consumers shop and what they buy. My own thinking leads me to conclude that demand-side factors will account for most of the changes we see in retail food market. These demand-side effects will be dominated by income effects, the opportunity cost of time, and longer planning horizons on the part of consumers.

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在病毒大流行中构建消费者食品需求响应

在本文中，我探讨了与 COVID-19 大流行如何影响消费者对食品的需求有关的几个问题。这些影响与大流行背景下的偏好结构、收入和时间限制以及价格影响有关。讨论包括考虑 COVID-19 对跨社会人口特征的食品需求的不同影响，以及与消费者在何处、如何购物以及他们购买什么有关的几个高层次问题和观察。我自己的想法使我得出结论，需求方面的因素将解释我们在零售食品市场中看到的大部分变化。这些需求方面的影响将主要由收入影响、时间的机会成本和消费者的较长计划期限所主导。