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Understanding how food demand responds to #income and price changes is key for anticipating global food needs and expected consumption patterns, and for designing effective policies. Demand #elasticities result from underlying preferences. As economies grow… (1/2) www.ifpri.org/blog/the-fut...

The future of food demand: Evi...

Alexander J. Stein Jan 3, 2024

#Taxes on unhealthy foods may reduce demand & increase government revenues for #investments back into public #health programs and policies to reduce #obesity & the incidence of non-communicable #diseases in India: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czad117 #India #healthtax #sugartax #elasticities

Estimating the potential impact of a health tax on the demand for unhealthy food and beverages and on tax revenue in India

Abstract. Foods high in fat, sugar or salt are important contributors to the rising burden of non-communicable diseases globally and in India. Health taxes (HTs

OUP Academic

Alexander J. Stein Dec 27, 2023

In rich countries where animal food consumption is at very high levels, demand-side #prices-based interventions (consumption #taxes on meat, #carbontax on GHG #emissions) may help reduce #meat & #dairy demand, given price #elasticities in studies: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102581 #meattax