Open AccessImpact of Targeted Beverage Taxes on Higher- and Lower-Income Households
Author(s) -
Eric Finkelstein,
Chen Zhen,
James nemaker,
Jessica E. Todd
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.449
Subject(s) - economics , low income , agricultural economics , demographic economics , labour economics , business
Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes are increasingly being considered as a strategy for addressing the obesity epidemic. We sought to investigate the differential impact of targeted beverage taxes on higher- and lower-income households.
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