L'exposition prolongée au méthylmercure, principalement présent dans les produits de la mer (poissons, mollusques et crustacés), provoque des troubles profonds du système nerveux. L'objectif de cette étude est de quantifier ce risque pour la population française à partir de données de...

L’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé considère le surpoids et l’obésité comme un des problèmes majeurs de santé publique dans le monde. En France, selon l’Enquête Individuelle et Nationale sur les Consommations Alimentaires (INCA2 2006-2007), 38,9 % des hommes et 24,2 % des femmes...

A number of public health advocates and consumer associations urge policy makers to strengthen nutrient labelling rules, in order to help people to make healthier and better informed food choices. Yet, little is known about the e¤ectiveness of mandatory labelling. This research evaluates the...

This article assesses the effects of a "fat tax" on the nutrients purchased by French households across different income groups. This is done by making a preliminary estimation of price elasticities using a complete demand system on household scanner data, and by calculating nutrient...

This paper evaluates and compares two popular options of nutritional policy: mandatory front-of-pack labelling and the fat tax. Using household scanner data on fromages blancs and dessert yogurts, the distribution of consumer preferences for fat and for front-of-pack fat labels are separately...

This article assesses the effects of a "fat tax" on the nutrient intake of French households across different income groups using a method that estimates the nutrient elasticities of French households. We estimate a complete demand system by aggregating an individual demand system over cohorts....

I study the empirical properties of a non-linear stochastic dynamic representative-agent model with rational expectations. The representative agent is assumed to have time non separable preferences. The time nonseparability in preferences is due to local substitution of consumption over time as...