The impact of four alternative policies to decrease soda consumption

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-68

  Liu, Yizao ^a   Lopez, Rigoberto A ^a   Zhu, Chen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Advertising; Carbonated soft drinks; Consumer behavior; Demand; Obesity; Policy; Sodas; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898022483     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500006900     Document Type: Article

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