Predicting the effects of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes on food and beverage demand in a large demand system

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-25

  Zhen, Chen ^a   Finkelstein, Eric A ^b,c   Nonnemaker, James M ^a   Karns, Shawn A ^a   Todd, Jessica E ^d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

censored demand; obesity; price endogeneity; sugar sweetened beverage tax

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; FOOD; NUTRITION; OBESITY; SUGAR; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 84893369169     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat049     Document Type: Article

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