Designing a just soda tax
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Abstract Soda taxes are controversial. While proponents point to their potential health benefits and the public projects that could be funded with revenue, critics argue they paternalistic regressive. In this paper, we explore prospects for designing a just soda tax, one appropriately balances often-competing ethical considerations of promoting social welfare, respecting people’s autonomy ensuring distributive fairness. We policymakers have several paths forward but relevant policy design more complicated than is sometimes acknowledged.
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عنوان ژورنال: Economics and Philosophy
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1474-0028', '0266-2671']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266267123000172