By ounce or by calorie: The differential effects of alternative sugar-sweetened beverage tax strategies

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1070-1083

  Zhen, Chen ^a   Brissette, Ian F ^b   Ruff, Ryan Richard ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b New York State (NYS) Department of Health Bureau of Chronic Disease Evaluation and Research   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

distance metric demand model; Obesity; sugar sweetened beverage tax

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC POLICY; FOOD MARKET; HEALTH POLICY; OBESITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TAX SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905018249     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aau052     Document Type: Article

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