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Provedor de dados:  AgEcon
País:  United States
Título:  Taxing Sweets: Sweetener Input Tax or Final Consumption Tax?
Autores:  Miao, Zhen
Beghin, John C.
Jensen, Helen H.
Data:  2010-08-09
Ano:  2010
Palavras-chave:  Added sweeteners
Consumption tax
Demand
Health policy
Soda tax
Sugar.
Agricultural and Food Policy
Consumer/Household Economics
Demand and Price Analysis
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
Health Economics and Policy
Resumo:  In order to reduce obesity and associated costs, policymakers are considering various policies, including taxes, to change consumers’ high-calorie consumption habits. We investigate two tax policies aimed at reducing added sweetener consumption. Both a consumption tax on sweet goods and a sweetener input tax can reach the same policy target of reducing added sweetener consumption. Both tax instruments are regressive, but the associated surplus losses are limited. The tax on sweetener inputs targets sweeteners directly and causes about five times less surplus loss than the final consumption tax. Previous analyses have overlooked this important point.
Tipo:  Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma:  Inglês
Identificador:  http://purl.umn.edu/92989
Relação:  Iowa State University>Center for Agricultural and Rural Development>CARD Working Paper Series
CARD Working Paper
10-WP 510
Formato:  81
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