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Why Is the Obesity Rate So Low in Japan and High in the U.S.? Some Possible Economic Explanations
Senauer, Benjamin; Gemma, Masahiko - 2006
international standard for obesity, whereas 32.0 percent of Americans do. A total of 66.5 percent of Americans have a BMI over 25 … of obesity in the world and the United States one of the highest, giving particular attention to underlying economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444491
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A Forecast for the Grocery Industry in the 1990s
McLaughlin, Edward W.; Hawkes, Gerard F. - 1986
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014341788
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An Exploratory Modeling of the Decision Process of New Product Selection by Supermarket Buyers
McLaughlin, Edward W.; Rao, Vithala R. - 1987
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014341809
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A reconsideration of the sugar sweetened beverage tax in a household production model
Xiang, Di; Zhan, Lue; Bordignon, Massimo - 2018
We study the impact of a hypothetical tax on sugar - sweetened beverages (SSBs) on the US households' nutrients purchase, welfare change, and health benefit. Differently from the traditional approach, Food at Home(FAH) is here defined as a "home" good instead than a market good and consumers'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011862897
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Soda taxes, BMI and obesity : evidence from Seattle
Flynn, James; Gruber, Anja - 2025
obesity. We implement an event-study design which compares these outcomes in the treated region to those of untaxed areas. We … implemented. We estimate that the tax led to a reduction of .61 BMI points and reduced the obesity rate by 4.5 percentage points …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015183365
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Predicting the effects of a sugar sweetened beverage tax in a household production model
Bordignon, Massimo; Xiang, Di; Zhan, Lue - 2018
We study the impact of a hypothetical tax on sugar - sweetened beverages (SSBs) on the US households' nutrients purchase, welfare change, and health benefit. Differently from the traditional approach, Food at Home(FAH) is here defined as a "home" good instead than a market good and consumers'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059367
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A Reconsideration of the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax in a Household Production Model
Xiang, Di; Zhan, Lue; Bordignon, Massimo - 2018
We study the impact of a hypothetical tax on sugar - sweetened beverages (SSBs) on the US households’ nutrients purchase, welfare change, and health benefit. Differently from the traditional approach, Food at Home(FAH) is here defined as a “home” good instead than a market good and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872144
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Predicting the effects of a sugar sweetened beverage tax in a household production model
Bordignon, Massimo; Xiang, Di; Zhan, Lue - 2018
We study the impact of a hypothetical tax on sugar - sweetened beverages (SSBs) on the US households' nutrients purchase, welfare change, and health benefit. Differently from the traditional approach, Food at Home(FAH) is here defined as a "home" good instead than a market good and consumers'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011914153
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Soda Taxes, BMI and Obesity: Evidence from Seattle
Flynn, James; Gruber, Anja - 2025
obesity. We implement an event-study design which compares these outcomes in the treated region to those of untaxed areas. We … implemented. We estimate that the tax led to a reduction of .61 BMI points and reduced the obesity rate by 4.5 percentage points …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015339013
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Fast Food Service
Brunk, Max E. - 1970
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