The effects of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages across different income groups

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1159-1184

  Sharma, Anurag ^a   Hauck, Katharina ^b   Hollingsworth, Bruce ^a,c   Siciliani, Luigi ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

censored demand; obesity; soft drink; sugar sweetened beverages tax; tax regressivity

Indexed keywords

BOTTLED WATER; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BUDGET; CHILD; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT JUICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH FAT MILK; HIGH INCOME GROUP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW FAT MILK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; MILK; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOFT DRINK; SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TAX; TEA; VALORIC TAX; VOLUMETRIC TAX; VOLUMETRY; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AUSTRALIA; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TAXES;

EID: 84906348950     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3070     Document Type: Article

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