Taxes and subsidies are increasingly being considered as potential policy instruments to
incentivize consumers to improve their food and beverage consumption patterns and related …

Introduction Reducing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption through taxation is a
promising public health response to the obesity epidemic in the US This study quantifies the …

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a common endemic disease among North American
feedlot cattle. BRD can lead to significant economic losses for individual beef cattle feedlot …

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 …

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the United States would likely result in
major costs to producers, consumers, and government. How animal health officials manage …

This study evaluates the economic consequences of hypothetical foot-and-mouth disease
releases from the future National Bio and Agro Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas. Using …

Background As part of the efforts to curb obesity, a new focus seems to be put on taxing
foods that are perceived as being associated with obesity (eg, sugar-sweetened beverages …

This study evaluates the economic consequences of a Rift Valley Fever outbreak, a virus
that spreads from livestock to humans, often through mosquitoes. Developing a 'one …

This study investigates the impact of food price on obesity, by exploring the co-occurrence of
obesity growth with relative food price reduction between 1976 and 2001. Analyses control …

The purpose of this study is to examine the fiscal and economic impacts of the new and
increased taxes on malt liquor (ie, beer), wine and soft drinks imposed by Public Law 629 …