Do High Consumers of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Respond Differently to Price Changes? A Finite Mixture IV-Tobit Approach

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1147-1163

  Etilé, Fabrice ^a,b   Sharma, Anurag ^b  

^a INRA ALISS   (France)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

excise; finite mixture models; instrumental variable tobit; obesity; soft drink tax

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGE; COFFEE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; FRUIT JUICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOFT DRINK; SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE; TEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INCOME; MALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGES; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHILD; COMMERCE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938741679     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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