The effects of taxes on purchases of sugar-sweetened carbonated soft drinks: A quantile regression approach

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 707-716

  Gustavsen, Geir Wæhler ^a   Rickertsen, Kyrre ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 79951714460     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840802599776     Document Type: Article

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