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We estimate a demand system for ten nonalcoholic beverages to disentangle effects of prices, expenditures, advertising … introduced beverages like soy, rice, and almond drinks, isotonic and energy drinks, and bottled water whereas changes in prices … and advertising expenditures largely explained declining demand for milk, regular carbonated soft drinks, and coffee and …
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Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages has been proposed as a means to reduce calorie intake, improve diet and health, and generate revenue that governments can use to address the obesity-caused health and economic burden. Two beverage demand systems were estimated using beverage purchase data for...
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Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been proposed as a means to improve U.S. diet and health and generate revenue to address obesity-related issues. A related concern is that children’s intake of SSBs, a third that of milk consumption in the late 1970s, now equals milk consumption....
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Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been proposed as a means to improve U.S. dietand health and generate revenue to address obesity-related issues. A related concern is thatchildren’s intake of SSBs, a third that of milk consumption in the late 1970s, now equals milkconsumption....
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Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages has been proposed as a means to reduce calorie intake, improve diet and health, and generate revenue that governments can use to address the obesity-caused health and economic burden. Two beverage demand systems were estimated using beverage purchase data for...
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The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed in February 2007 that a major foodborne illness outbreak was caused by two peanut butter brands, Peter Pan and Great Value, manufactured by ConAgra Foods Inc. at its Sylvester, Georgia, processing plant. As a result, on February 14, 2007, ConAgra...
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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 sweet tax policies aimed at reducing added sweetener consumption. Both a consumption tax on sweet goods and...
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Vaccines against several common foodborne pathogens are being developed and could substantially alter the policy tools available to address foodborne illness. However, little analysis is available to suggest how social welfare would be affected by these new vaccines. To address this void, we use...
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households who consume exotic meats, and their responses to relative prices and other economic variables are modelled. No other … and food safety effects; is the demographic variables and food safety media indices; are the prices deflated by CPI; and … 2002 to 2008. The price data for bison, elk and venison are from ACNielsen Market TRack. Bison prices are computed as an …
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