Yaniv, Gideon; Rosin, Odelia; Tobol, Yossef - In: Journal of Public Economics 93 (2009) 5-6, pp. 823-830
In an effort to reduce the growing prevalence of obesity, a tax on junk-foods, known as 'fat tax', has been proposed, the revenue from which could be used to finance a 'thin subsidy' for healthy foods or exercising equipment. The present paper addresses the fat tax and thin subsidy within a...