Acceptability of meat tax and subsidy removal by meat eaters: insights from five European countries
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- Diana Kmetkova & Iva Zverinova & Milan Scasny & Vojtech Maca, 2024. "Acceptability of Meat Tax and Subsidy Removal by Meat-Eaters: Insights from Five European Countries," Working Papers IES 2024/42, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, revised 2024.
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Policy acceptability; Diet; Meat policies; Meat tax; Meat subsidy removal; Values;All these keywords.
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- C34 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models
- C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
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