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The Skinny on Anti-Obesity Soda Laws

The Skinny on Anti-Obesity Soda Laws

by mcwebmaster | Mar 31, 2013 | Ineffective consumer behaviour, What others say: media

Governments feel the need to intervene when it comes to increasing obesity rates, shown by the attempt to ban the sale of large soft drinks in New York, or the proposal for a penny-per-ounce excise tax on sweetened beverages in California. But economist Michael Marlow...
Fat Taxes and Other Interventions Won’t Cure Obesity

Fat Taxes and Other Interventions Won’t Cure Obesity

by mcwebmaster | Jun 30, 2012 | Ineffective consumer behaviour, Ineffective on obesity, Taxes unfair

Craven, Barrie & Marlow, Michael L. & Shiers, Alden, 2012. “Fat Taxes and Other Interventions Won’t Cure Obesity”, Economic Affairs 32.2, 2012 The paper argues that fat taxes would be uneconomic, ineffective, discriminate racially, encourage rent‐seeking...
From Coke to Coors: A Field Study of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax and its Unintended Consequences

From Coke to Coors: A Field Study of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax and its Unintended Consequences

by mcwebmaster | May 26, 2012 | Ineffective consumer behaviour, What others say: experts

A six-month field experiment was conducted in a small American city to examine whether taxes on soft drinks could reduce obesity. Some key insights from the experiment: “Could taxes on soft drinks reduce obesity? To examine this, a six-month field experiment was...
Rand Corporation study concludes ‘soda tax ineffective at combating obesity’

Rand Corporation study concludes ‘soda tax ineffective at combating obesity’

by mcwebmaster | Jan 17, 2012 | Ineffective on obesity, What others say: media

Watch this video for a short summary of why a soft drink tax would be ineffective at combating obesity, according to a new Rand...
Obesity Prevention: A Review of the Interactions and Interventions, and some Policy Implications

Obesity Prevention: A Review of the Interactions and Interventions, and some Policy Implications

by mcwebmaster | Jun 30, 2010 | Taxes unfair, What others say: experts

Amarasinghe, Anura & D’Souza, Gerard, 2010. Obesity Prevention: A Review of the Interactions and Interventions, and some Policy Implications, West Virginia University, Regional Research Institute, Research Paper 2010-2, 2010 This review examines the possible...
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