Sugary beverage taxation in South Africa: Household expenditure, demand system elasticities, and policy implications

South Africa faces a severe and growing obesity epidemic. Obesity and its co-morbidities raise public and private expenditures on healthcare. Sugary beverages are heavily consumed in South Africa and are linked to the onset of overweight and obesity. Excise taxation of sugary beverages has been prop...

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Autores principales: Stacey, Nicholas, Tugendhaft, Aviva, Hofman, Karen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academic Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5747348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28579502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.05.026

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5747348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28579502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.05.026

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