How do consumers respond to “sin taxes”? New evidence from a tax on sugary drinks

How Do Agricultural Subsectors Respond to Productivity Shocks? Evidence from a Bayesian DSGE Model in Iran

Understanding the dynamics of productivity shocks is instrumental if we are to identify the sources of economic growth. This paper, investigates dynamic effects of positives productivity shocks to agricultural subsectors during the period from 1991-2015, by disaggregating agricultural sector in Iran into four key subsectors (crops, livestock, fishing and forestry) through an estimated DSGE mode...

Is a tax on sugary drinks too bitter to swallow?

How to Set up an Effective Food Tax?; Comment on “Food Taxes: A New Holy Grail?”

Whereas public information campaigns have failed to reverse the rising trend in obesity, economists support food taxes as they suggest they can force individuals to change their eating behavior and make the agro-food industry think more about healthy food products. Excise taxes based on the unhealthy nutrient content would be more effective since they impact more on unhealthy food products than...

Cross-Border Shopping: Do Consumers Respond to Taxes or Prices?

Differences in tax rates create incentives for consumers to cross the border to shop in a low tax environment. This paper uses a unique panel data set of consumer financial transactions to study if consumers living closer to the border are less likely to buy in the home country in comparison to consumers living further away from the border. We exploit the tradeoff between distance, price and qu...

How Do Smokers Respond to Cigarette Taxes? Evidence from China's Cigarette Industry.

This paper examines how Chinese smokers respond to tax-driven cigarette price increases by estimating a discrete choice model of demand for differentiated products, using annual nationwide brand-level cigarette sales data in China from 2005 to 2010. We allow for substitution between different cigarette brands and also incorporate key features of rational addiction theory into the model. Results...