Unhealthy food, regulations, and consumer welfare: The US microwaveable popcorn market

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-06-24 DOI:10.1111/ecin.13240

Christoph Bauner, Debi Prasad Mohapatra, Nadia Streletskaya, Emily Wang

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Abstract

Due to significant health concerns, governments across the world have taken measures to regulate dietary trans fat, for example, through bans and ad-valorem taxes. We assess the effectiveness of these two strategies and measure their ensuing welfare implications. We estimate a structural demand and supply model for the microwavable popcorn market using NielsenIQ Homescan data. Applying the recovered consumer preferences and marginal costs, we find a ban and a 35% tax result in similar levels of welfare loss and trans fat reduction. A 10% tax can still significantly reduce trans fat consumption (around 48%), while the associated consumer welfare loss is substantially smaller.

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不健康食品、法规和消费者福利：美国微波炉爆米花市场

出于对健康的高度关注，世界各国政府纷纷采取措施对膳食中的反式脂肪进行监管，例如通过禁令和从价税。我们对这两种策略的有效性进行了评估，并衡量了其对福利的影响。我们利用 NielsenIQ Homescan 数据对微波炉爆米花市场的供需结构模型进行了估算。应用恢复后的消费者偏好和边际成本，我们发现禁令和 35% 的税收会导致相似程度的福利损失和反式脂肪减少。征收 10%的税仍能大幅减少反式脂肪的消费（约 48%），而相关的消费者福利损失则要小得多。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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