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Despite significant progress in recent years, horizontal and vertical integration of the Lithuanian milk sector is not very much advanced. The primary sector is characterised by small-scale farming, the fragmentation of farmland and a low number of livestock per farms. These features cause...
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This paper examines the effect of soda taxes on the consumption behaviour and health of school-aged children in Europe … effect of the tax on the soda consumption in Hungary. Reasons for this finding might be a substitution of unhealthy products …
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This paper examines the effect of two different soda taxes on consumption behaviour and health of school-aged children … of the tax on soda consumption in Hungary. The reason for this finding could be the substitution of other unhealthy …
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We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics since the late 20th century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing the economic burden of infectious diseases. Second, we...
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In February 2017, Portugal implemented a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), under which producers were to be taxed according to the amount of sugar contained in the drinks they manufactured. We exploit administrative accounting data covering the universe of Portuguese firms between 2012...
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changes in fat, protein, alcohol and tobacco consumption, and on diet's diversity during the transition period 1994 - 2004 in …, inflation has a significant impact on alcohol and tobacco consumption, while unemployment significantly impacts only smoking …) data suggest that individual characteristics such as initial consumption patterns, gender, education, household income, and …
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This paper presents a laboratory experiment that directly tests the theoretical predictions of consumption choices … under rational inattention. Subjects are asked to select consumption when income is random. They can optimally decide to … of the theory: 1) Subjects optimally make stochastic consumption choices; 2) They respond to incentives and changes in …
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It has long been argued that the anticipations of some future event will impact current consumption and well-being in … model, by assuming that in addition to his own current consumption, an agentś current utility depends upon a reference … consumption level that is based on expected future consumption. Two alternative specifications of the anticipated future …
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Monitoring Survey (RLMS) for 1994-2005. We analyze cross-sectional income and consumption inequality and find that inequality … shocks. The response of consumption to permanent and transitory income shocks becomes weaker later in the sample, consistent … ; income ; consumption ; transition ; Russia …
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households' consumption expenditures and their perceived pass-through of the tax change into prices to quantify its effects. The … consumption spending by 34 billion Euros. …
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