Search Results - subject:"soft"

Efficient taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages and missing markets for sugar content

Eichner, Thomas; Runkel, Marco - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 127 (2025) 3, pp. 576-612

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Who bears the costs of the UK soft drink tax? : an empirical study of medium-term effects

Wiredu, Laura - In: Junior management science 10 (2025) 4, pp. 985-1008

evidence on the medium-term effects of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL). Applying a difference-in-differences research … beverage prices in the UK, consumers faced a 6% less decline in soft drink prices compared to prices of levy-exempt beverages …, since the introduction of the tax. Employees in the soft drink manufacturing industry were unaffected by the tax, whilst …

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Soda taxes, BMI and obesity : evidence from Seattle

Flynn, James; Gruber, Anja - 2025

This paper uses restricted-access data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey to assess whether the sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax levied in Seattle in 2018 led to declines in body mass index (BMI) and the rate of obesity. We implement an event-study design which compares...

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Institutional logics and soft budget constraints : a study of financial management practices at a public university faculty

Bertheussen, Bernt Arne - In: Journal of public budgeting, accounting & financial … 37 (2025) 6, pp. 129-155

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The demand for non-alcoholic beverages across income groups and implications for sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in Germany

Staudigel, Matthias; Emmert-Fees, Karl Maria Friedemann; … - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 5 (2025) 2, pp. 1-28

To reduce the intake of added sugars, several countries tax sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). In Germany, the potential effects of SSB taxation on demand and consumer welfare are unknown. We estimated the demand for non-alcoholic beverages in Germany across income strata and simulated a 20 per...

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Preferences regarding behavioral policy : attitudes toward sugary beverage taxes in the US

König, Tobias; Schmacker, Renke - 2025

Using surveys and experiments, we provide evidence on how people think about and justify sugar-sweetened-beverage (SSB) taxes, a widely discussed behavioral policy intervention. We show that motives to correct internalities and behavioral biases impact policy preferences almost as much as...

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Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages : a nonlinear pricing approach

Nuño-Ledesma, José G.; Wu, Steven Y.; Balagtas, Joseph V. - 2024

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Shifting sweetness : impacts of South Africa's Health Promotion Levy on sugar-sweetened beverages

Cejka, Tim; Piek, Marlies; Waseem, Mazhar - 2025

Sin taxes are increasingly being used to discourage the consumption of goods perceived to harm individuals and society. This paper examines the impact of South Africa's Health Promotion Levy (HPL)-the first sugar tax implemented in Africa-on the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in...

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From classroom to workplace : the combined effects of cognitive and non-cognitive skills on youth labor market outcomes in Kenya

Onsomu, Carol Bisieri; Macharia, John Njenga; Mwangi, … - In: Economies : open access journal 13 (2025) 4, pp. 1-17

The evolving labor environment underscores the critical role of cognitive and non-cognitive (soft) skills in fostering …

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Assessing recent changes to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy

Brogaard, Martin; Vyas, Gautam - 2026

The Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) is a tax on pre-packaged soft drinks with added sugar. Introduced in 2018, the … government's stated aim was to reduce obesity (especially among children) by reducing the amount of added sugar in soft drinks …

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