The welfare effects of health-based food tax policy

Food Policy

Volumn 49, Issue P1, 2014, Pages 196-206

  Härkänen, Tommi ^a   Kotakorpi, Kaisa ^b,d   Pietinen, Pirjo ^a   Pirttilä, Jukka ^c,d   Reinivuo, Heli ^a   Suoniemi, Ilpo ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d Labour Institute for Economic Research ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Commodity demand; Coronary heart disease; Diabetes; Food taxation; Obesity; Sin taxes; Tax incidence

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMODITY MARKET; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DIABETES; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBESITY; TAX SYSTEM; COMMODITY; HEALTH IMPACT; SUGAR; TAX REFORM;

EID: 84907516166     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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