Browsing by Subject "Elasticity"

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    • Chile's 2014 sugar-sweetened beverage tax and changes in prices and purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages: ... 
      Caro, Juan Carlos; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Silva, Andrés; Popkin, Barry; Taillie, Lindsey Smith (Public Library Science, 2018)
      Background On October 1, 2014, the Chilean government modified its previous sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax, increasing the tax rate from 13% to 18% on industrialized beverages with high levels of sugar (H-SSBs) ...
    • Does bacterial elasticity affect adhesion to polymer fibers? 
      Tamayo Villarroel, Laura; Melo, Francisco; Caballero, Leonardo; Hamm, Eugenio; Díaz, M.; Leal, M. S.; Guiliani, Nicolás; Urzúa, M. D. (American Chemical Society, 2020)
      The factors governing bacterial adhesion to substrates with different topographies are still not fully identified. The present work seeks to elucidate for the first time and with quantitative data the roles of bacterial ...
    • Estimando la demanda residencial por electricidad en Chile: El Consumo es Sensible al Precio 
      Benavente, José Miguel; Galetovic Potsch, Alexander; Sanhueza, Ricardo; Serra Banfi, Pablo (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Instituto de Economía, 2005)
      We estimate the demand for electricity by households in Chile. We use a monthly panel of 18 distribution companies, which starts in January 1995 and runs through december 2001. The one-month price elasticity of demand ...
    • Price Elasticity of Expenditure across Health Care Services 
      Duarte Vásquez, Fabian (Elsevier Science publishes, 2012)
      Policymakers in countries around the world are faced with rising health care costs and are debating ways to reform health care to reduce expenditures. Estimates of price elasticity of expenditure are a key component for ...