Accounting for product substitution in the analysis of food taxes targeting obesity

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1318-1343

  Miao, Zhen ^a   Beghin, John C ^a   Jensen, Helen H ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fat; food demand; health policy nutrition; low fat and low sugar substitutes; obesity; sugar; sweeteners; tax

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; FAT INTAKE;

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD TAX; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TAX; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; ECONOMICS; FAT INTAKE; FOOD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; FOOD; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; TAXES;

EID: 84886089484     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2885     Document Type: Article

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