. Results are presented for the U. S., Japan, and an aggregate called "Europe" consisting of eleven European economies. The … primary theme of the paper is that differences between Europe and the U. S. have been substantially exaggerated in recent work …. Europe has neither greater nominal wage flexibility nor more rigid real wages than the U. S. Evidence that the U. S. exhibits …

Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages are growing in popularity and have generated an active public debate. Are they a … remarkable quantities of sugar-sweetened beverages, and the evidence suggests that this generates significant health costs … costs from diseases caused by sugary drink consumption; (2) internalities: costs consumers impose on themselves by consuming …

We estimate the incidence of a relatively new type of excise tax, a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). We examine …

is some evidence of a slight reduction in adults' overall sugar consumption from sweetened beverages, with larger … evidence about the effects of these taxes on purchases and consumption. In this paper, we examine the effects of the beverage … purchases and consumption of beverages. We find that purchases of taxed beverages fell by 8.9 ounces per shopping trip in …

or are considering taxes on energy-dense foods. Perhaps the most commonly-recommended policy is a tax on sugar …

to working outside the formal sector. Using unique data for 14 British West Indies 'sugar islands' from the year of slave …

sometimes daily) data on the landed and the duty-inclusive price of raw sugar in New York City from 1890 to 1930, a time when … duties is scarce. This paper examines the incidence of U.S. sugar duties using a unique set of high-frequency (weekly, and … the United States consumed more than 20 percent of world sugar production and was therefore plausibly a "large" country …

light on why the United States supported (or failed to support) international commodity agreements for coffee, sugar, and …

accumulating above median wealth. We identified elevated sugar consumption across lifespan as a likely pathway of impact …We show that sugar-rich diet early in life has large adverse effects on the health and economic well-being of adults … more than fifty years later. Excessive sugar intake early in life led to higher prevalence of chronic inflammation …