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Effectiveness of a carbon tax to promote a climate-friendly food consumption

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  • Dogbe, Wisdom
  • Gil, José M.

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•Tax policy scenarios have been defined according EU goals.•Taxes contribute to reduce the consumption of the food with higher footprint.•A revenue-neutral tax scenario could be a plausible policy alternative.•Taxes would mainly affect negatively households with kids or with younger heads.

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  • Dogbe, Wisdom & Gil, José M., 2018. "Effectiveness of a carbon tax to promote a climate-friendly food consumption," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 235-246.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:79:y:2018:i:c:p:235-246
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.08.003
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