The role of trade and investment liberalization in the sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages market: A natural experiment contrasting Vietnam and the Philippines

Globalization and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schram, Ashley ^a   Labonte, Ronald ^a   Baker, Phillip ^b   Friel, Sharon ^b   Reeves, Aaron ^c   Stuckler, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Natural experiment; Sugar sweetened carbonated beverages; Trade and investment liberalization; Transnational companies

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD MARKET; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATION; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUGAR-SWEETENED CARBONATED BEVERAGE; VIET NAM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; POLITICS; UTILIZATION;

PHILIPPINES; VIET NAM;

SWEETENING AGENT;

CARBONATED BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; PHILIPPINES; POLITICS; SWEETENING AGENTS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84943567899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-015-0127-7     Document Type: Article

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