Heterogeneous Consumer Responses to Snack Food Taxes and Warning Labels

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-122

  Lacanilao, Ryan D ^a   Cash, Sean B ^b   Adamowicz, Wiktor L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 79952084012     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: 17456606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2010.01194.x     Document Type: Article

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