Effects of an environmental tax on meat and dairy consumption in Sweden

Food Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-53

  Säll, Sarah ^a   Gren, Ing Marie ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Environmental meat and dairy tax; Meat and dairy demand elasticities; Sweden

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; MEAT; PRICE DYNAMICS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84934930574     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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