Simple Is Better for Local Beverage Tax Policy Diffusion

Sugary beverage tax policy: lessons learned from tobacco.

Excise taxes on sugary beverages have been proposed as a method to replicate the public health success of tobacco control and to generate revenue. As policymakers increase efforts to pass sugary beverage taxes, they can anticipate that manufacturers will emulate the strategies employed by tobacco companies in their attempts to counteract the impact of such taxes. Policymakers should therefore c...

Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax In Mexico.

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Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: The Authors Reply.

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New Zealand's growing thirst for a sugar-sweetened beverage tax.

Learning and International Policy Diffusion – The Case of Corporate Tax Policy ∗

A recent empirical literature has arisen documenting the response of one nation’s policy choices, including tax, environmental, and labour policies, to those of others. This has been largely interpreted as evidence of competition, be it for mobile resources (like FDI, taxable book income, etc.) or yardstick. We present a third explanation based on learning. When countries’ tax choices reflect p...