Can soft drink taxes reduce population weight?

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-35

  Fletcher, Jason M ^a   Frisvold, David ^b   Tefft, Nathan ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 75749143509     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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