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Cash transfers and consumption of healthy and unhealthy food: evidence from tax refunds

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  • Khanal, Binod, 2020. "Cash transfers and consumption of healthy and unhealthy food: evidence from tax refunds," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304346, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea20:304346
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.304346
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