Earmarking and the Political Support of Fat Taxes
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- Cremer, Helmuth & Goulão, Catarina & Roeder, Kerstin, 2016. "Earmarking and the political support of fat taxes," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 258-267.
- Helmuth Cremer & Catarina Goulão & Kerstin Roeder, 2015. "Earmarking and the Political Support of Fat Taxes," CESifo Working Paper Series 5516, CESifo.
- Cremer, Helmuth & Roeder, Kerstin, 2015. "Earmarking and the political support of fat taxes," CEPR Discussion Papers 10822, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Cremer, Helmuth & Goulão, Catarina & Roeder, Kerstin, 2015. "Earmarking and the political support of fat taxes," IDEI Working Papers 855, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse.
- Cremer, Helmuth & Goulão, Catarina & Roeder, Kerstin, 2015. "Earmarking and the political support of fat taxes," TSE Working Papers 15-595, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
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Keywords
misperception; fat tax; obesity; voting; earmarking;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PBE-2015-09-26 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2015-09-26 (Positive Political Economics)
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