The effects of A soft drink tax in the UK

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 583-600

  Tiffin, Richard ^a   Kehlbacher, Ariane ^a   Salois, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Florida Department of Citrus   (United States)

Author keywords

Kantar World Panel; obesity; quadratic almost ideal demand; soft drinks; tax policy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONSUMER; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETITIAN; EGG; FISH; FLUID INTAKE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEWIFE; HUMAN; INCOME; MEAT; NUT; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT DRINK; SPORTS DRINK; SQUASH; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; DIET; ECONOMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARBONATED BEVERAGES; DIET; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES;

EID: 84927064220     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3046     Document Type: Article

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