Reducing Obesity by Taxing Soft Drinks: Tax Salience and Firms' Strategic Responses

Zheng, Hualu; Huang, Lü; Ross, William T.

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“… 4 4 Although not the goal here, several papers specifically examine tax pass‐through across different types of taxes (ad valorem vs. specific) and market structures in both theoretical and empirical settings (Allcott et al., 2019; Anderson et al., 2001; Bonnet & Réquillart, 2013; Delipalla & Keen, 1992; Weyl & Fabinger, 2013; Zheng et al., 2019). These papers provide guidance not only on the conditions which yield low versus high tax pass‐though (including over‐shifting) but also on the design of optimal tax policies. …”

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The impact of the Oakland SSB tax on prices and volume sold: A study of intended and unintended consequences

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2021

Health Economics

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We examine the effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax that took effect in Oakland, California in 2017. Using rich customized universal product code -level data, we estimate the effect of the SSB tax on prices and volume in the short to medium term in a difference-in-differences framework. We pay particular attention to tax-avoidance strategies that may minimize the policy's intended effect including: (i) transfers to SSBs to the nontaxed border area (i.e., cross-border shopping), (ii) a move from high-priced per ounce single serve to their cheaper multipacks or larger format counterparts (i.e., format switching), and (iii) a move from high-priced beverages to less expensive ones within a category and format (i.e., brand switching). We find that the yearover-year tax pass-through is 49%. We find that volume sold of taxed beverages fell by 14%, but 46% of this decrease is offset with an increase in the border area. We also find evidence of substitution to lower-priced taxed beverages but no evidence of switching to cheaper formats. Finally, we find important dynamic effects with respect to tax pass-through, volume sold and cross-border shopping.

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The impact of the Oakland SSB tax on prices and volume sold: A study of intended and unintended consequences

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2021

Health Economics

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“…Forty-eight studies evaluated the impact of sweetened beverage excise taxes on a variety of behavioral, economic, and health outcomes in the U.S [ 5 , 60 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 ]. Evidence from real-world natural experiments shows that these taxes increase retail prices, although pass-through (the proportion of the tax that is passed on to the consumer) varies by city, store type, and beverage type and size [ 70 , 71 , …”

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Associations between Governmental Policies to Improve the Nutritional Quality of Supermarket Purchases and Individual, Retailer, and Community Health Outcomes: An Integrative Review

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Supermarkets are natural and important settings for implementing environmental interventions to improve healthy eating, and governmental policies could help improve the nutritional quality of purchases in this setting. This review aimed to: (1) identify governmental policies in the United States (U.S.), including regulatory and legislative actions of federal, tribal, state, and local governments, designed to promote healthy choices in supermarkets; and (2) synthesize evidence of these policies’ effects on retailers, consumers, and community health. We searched five policy databases and developed a list of seven policy actions that meet our inclusion criteria: calorie labeling of prepared foods in supermarkets; increasing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits; financial incentives for the purchase of fruit and vegetables; sweetened beverage taxes; revisions to the USDA Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food package; financial assistance for supermarkets to open in underserved areas; and allowing online purchases with SNAP. We searched PubMed, Econlit, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and Business Source Ultimate to identify peer-reviewed, academic, English-language literature published at any time until January 2020; 147 studies were included in the review. Sweetened beverage taxes, revisions to the WIC food package, and financial incentives for fruits and vegetables were associated with improvements in dietary behaviors (food purchases and/or consumption). Providing financial incentives to supermarkets to open in underserved areas and increases in SNAP benefits were not associated with changes in food purchasing or diet quality but may improve food security. More research is needed to understand the effects of calorie labeling in supermarkets and online SNAP purchasing.

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“…SHI, 2015. CHAVES et al, 2018HUANG;ROSS JR, 2019), conclui-se que, órgãos fiscalizadores devem se atentar com outros fatores de riscos presentes na composição do produto por ser uma bebida muito consumida e com alto potencial causador de hiperfosfatemia.…”

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Avaliação De Fosfato Em Refrigerantes Como Potencial Causador De Hiperfosfatemia Por Sobrecarga Exógena Do Íon Poliatômico

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Reducing Obesity by Taxing Soft Drinks: Tax Salience and Firms' Strategic Responses

Cited by 3 publications

References 44 publications

The impact of the Oakland SSB tax on prices and volume sold: A study of intended and unintended consequences

The impact of the Oakland SSB tax on prices and volume sold: A study of intended and unintended consequences

Associations between Governmental Policies to Improve the Nutritional Quality of Supermarket Purchases and Individual, Retailer, and Community Health Outcomes: An Integrative Review

Avaliação De Fosfato Em Refrigerantes Como Potencial Causador De Hiperfosfatemia Por Sobrecarga Exógena Do Íon Poliatômico

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