By Ounce or By Calorie: The Different Effects of Alternative Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Strategies

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dc.creatorZhen, Chen
dc.creatorBrissette, Ian
dc.creatorRuff, Ryan
dc.date2017-04-01T18:57:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T07:09:33Z
dc.descriptionThe obesity epidemic and excessive consumption of sugary beverages has led to proposals of economics-based interventions to promote healthy eating. We quantify the differential effects of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages by calories and by ounce on consumer demand, using a fully modified distance metric model of differentiated product demand that endogenizes the representation of group and rival product prices. The novel demand model outperformed the conventional distance metric model in both goodness-of-fit and economic significance of model predictions. A calorie-based beverage tax was estimated to cost $0.29 less in consumer’s surplus per 1,000 beverage calories reduced than an ounce-based tax.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.150194
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/150194/files/Beverage%20Demand_AAEA.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/150194
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/585163
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/150194
dc.titleBy Ounce or By Calorie: The Different Effects of Alternative Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Strategies
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