Designing a tax to discourage unhealthy food and beverage purchases: The case of Chile
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Keywords
Price elasticity; Food tax options; Junk food tax; SSB tax; Nutrient tradeoffs; Almost ideal demand system;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
- H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
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