Viewpoint: Soda taxes – Four questions economists need to address
Laura Cornelsen
;
Richard D Smith;
(2017)
Viewpoint: Soda taxes – Four questions economists need to address.
Food policy, 74.
pp. 138-142.
ISSN 0306-9192
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.12.003
The popularity of soda taxes as a public health policy has grown rapidly in the last few years. While the evidence that the tax works in reducing the purchases of soda is emerging, there are a number of questions that are yet to be answered before the broader effectiveness of this measure can be determined. Beyond health effects, there is more specifically a need to better understand the economic mechanisms of change, redistributive effects, as well as causal and spillover effects in food systems and economy more broadly.
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Keywords | Tax, Soda, Sugary drink, SSB, Effect, Economic impact |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-8740