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The effects of a fat tax on French households' purchases: a nutritional approach

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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 elasticities using estimated price elasticities. We find that a fat tax has small and ambiguous effects on nutrients purchased by French households, and a slight effect on body weight in the short run, with a greater effect in the long run. Such a tax generates substantial tax revenue, but is highly regressive.

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hal-02664131 , version 1 (31-05-2020)

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Olivier Allais, Patrice Bertail, Véronique Nichèle. The effects of a fat tax on French households' purchases: a nutritional approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 92 (1), pp.228-245. ⟨10.1093/ajae/aap004⟩. ⟨hal-02664131⟩
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