Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages are growing in popularity and have generated an
active public debate. Are they a good idea? If so, how high should they be? Are such taxes …

In principle, firms in developing countries benefit from the fact that advanced technologies
and products have already been developed in industrialized countries and can simply be …

Importance More than 45 countries and several local jurisdictions have implemented sugar-
sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes to improve nutrition and population health, and evidence …

The authors analyze the impact of a tax on sweetened beverages using a unique data set of
prices, quantities sold, and nutritional information across several thousand taxed and …

We study a regulation in Chile that mandates warning labels on products whose sugar or
caloric concentration exceeds certain thresholds. We show that consumers substitute from …

The shared challenges posed by the production and distribution of health-harming products
have led to growing recognition of the need for policy learning and transfer across problems …

Soda taxes aim to reduce excessive sugar consumption. We assess who is most impacted
by soda taxes. We estimate demand using micro longitudinal data covering on-the-go …

Importance Following the implementation of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in
Mexico in 2014, SSB prices increased by about 10% on average, but differently across …

In response to a rise in obesity and diet-related chronic diseases such as diabetes, countries
worldwide have sought ways to incentivize healthier diets. One of the most common recent …

Background As part of the Global Strategy on Oral health, the World Health Organization
(WHO) is exploring cost-effective interventions for oral health, including taxation on sugar …