The causal impact of sugar taxes on soft drink sales: Evidence from France and Hungary
| Autor: | Adriana N König, Christoph Kurz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Carbonated Beverages Sales Soft Drinks Sugar Tax Sugar-sweetened Beverages Synthetic Control Beverages 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Excise Sugar health care economics and organizations Consumption (economics) Hungary Health economics 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Public health technology industry and agriculture food and beverages Taxes medicine.disease Obesity stomatognathic diseases Demographic economics Business Sugars 0305 other medical science Soft drink Public finance |
| Zdroj: | Eur. J. Health Econ. 22, 905-915 (2021) |
| Popis: | Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are associated with increased body weight and obesity, which induce a wide array of health impairments such as diabetes or cardiovascular disorders. Excise taxes have been introduced to counteract SSB consumption. We investigated the effect of sugar taxes on SSB sales in Hungary and France using a synthetic control approach. For France, we found a slight decrease in SSB sales after tax implementation while overall soft drink sales increased. For Hungary, there was only a short-term decrease in SSB sales which disappeared after 2 years, leading to an overall increase in SSB sales. However, both effects are characterized by great uncertainty. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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