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Assessing the impact of the Barbados sugar-sweetened beverage tax on beverage sales: an observational study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2019
Background The World Health Organization has advocated for sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes as part of a broader non-communicable disease prevention strategy, and these taxes have been recently introduced in a wide range of settings. However, much is
Miriam Alvarado, Nigel Unwin, Stephen J. Sharp, Ian Hambleton, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, T. Alafia Samuels, Marc Suhrcke, Jean Adams   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting the Nexus Between Trade Liberalisation and Income Inequality: The Case of Sub‐Saharan African Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on income inequality across 24 Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2000 to 2020. Using IV‐Tobit and 2SLS models, we consistently find that greater trade openness significantly exacerbates inequality in the region. Critically, we document an inverted U‐shaped relationship between trade
Guivis Zeufack Nkemgha, Le Roi Nso Fils, Ulrich Kevin Kamwa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The association between excise tax structures and the price variability of alcoholic beverages in the United States.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Recent tobacco taxation research suggests that excise tax structure plays an important role in the effectiveness of increasing taxes in reducing consumption. However, evidence on excise tax structures of alcoholic beverages is scarce.
Ce Shang, Xuening Wang, Frank J Chaloupka   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trade and FDI Policies in an Interdependent World: Lessons From East Asia

Asian Economic Policy Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, we examine the spillover effects of trade and FDI policy changes on countries that are not directly involved—that is third markets. Specifically, we investigate this issue using two cases: anti‐dumping tariffs imposed on Chinese exports and China's relaxation of restrictions on inward FDI.
Cheng Chen, Zhang Chen, Chang Sun
wiley   +1 more source

Potash Taxation: How Canada’s Regime is Neither Efficient nor Competitive from an International Perspective [PDF]

The School of Public Policy Publications, 2015
Saskatchewan — and by extension, Canada — is the largest producer of potash in the world, accounting for over 30 per cent of global production. Perhaps the good fortune of having an abundance of such a valuable natural resource has engendered an approach
Duanjie Chen, Jack M. Mintz
doaj   +1 more source

Mitigating policy uncertainty: What financial markets reveal about firm‐level lobbying

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Elections can lead to substantial policy changes and, thus, are a significant source of risk. Firms can respond to such policy uncertainty by lobbying, but it is hard to quantify whether they do so and, if so, how much lobbying benefits them. We construct a new dataset and leverage investors’ expectations of variability in stock returns in the
Kristy Buzard, Nathan Canen, Sebastian Saiegh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

With the Rise of Right‐Wing Governments, Why a One‐Time “50% Health Tax” Will Be a Hard Sell and How It Could Be Implemented

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) to globally impose a one‐time tax, labelled as “Health tax”, on tobacco, alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) aim to achieve a 50% retail price increase to reduce consumption and improve health outcomes.
Hazem Abbas, Maha El Tantawi, Manami Hoshi‐Harada, Kenji Takeuchi, Ken Osaka, Carol C. Guarnizo‐Herreño, Marco A. Peres   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Import competition and stock price crash risk

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how globalization‐induced import competition affects stock price crash risk. Import competition increases price pressure and reduces profit margins, prompting managers to withhold negative information, resulting in higher crash risk. Based on a sample of US manufacturing firms from 1974 to 2019, we find that firms whose products
Mansoor Afzali, Gonul Colak, Khalela Francis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indirect Taxation in Vertical Oligopoly [PDF]

, 2009
This paper analyzes the effects of specific and ad valorem taxation in an industry with downstream and upstream oligopoly. We find that in the short run, i.e.
Peitz, Martin, Reisinger, Markus
core   +3 more sources

Neighborhoods by Assessment: An Analysis of Non-Ad Valorem Financing In California [PDF]

, 2016
Non-ad valorem assessments on property are a fiscal innovation born from financial stress. Unable to raise property taxes due to limitations, many localities have turned to these charges as an alternative method to fund local services.
McCubbins, Mathew D., Seljan, Ellen C.
core   +2 more sources