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Authordc.contributor.authorCaro, Juan Carlos 
Authordc.contributor.authorValizadeh, Pourya 
Authordc.contributor.authorCorrea, Alejandrina 
Authordc.contributor.authorSilva, Andrés 
Authordc.contributor.authorNg, Shu Wen 
Admission datedc.date.accessioned2020-07-09T20:42:23Z
Available datedc.date.available2020-07-09T20:42:23Z
Publication datedc.date.issued2020
Cita de ítemdc.identifier.citationPLoS ONE 15(1): (2020)es_ES
Identifierdc.identifier.other10.1371/journal.pone.0226731
Identifierdc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/175886
Abstractdc.description.abstractTaxes on unhealthy foods and sweetened beverages, as well as subsidies to healthy foods, have become increasingly popular strategies to curb obesity and related non-communicable diseases. The existing evidence on the welfare effects of such fiscal policies is mixed and almost uniquely focused on tax schemes. Using the 2016-2017 Chilean Household Budget Survey, we estimate a censored Exact Affine Stone Index (EASI) incomplete demand system and simulate changes in purchases, tax incidence, and consumer welfare of three different policy scenarios: (1) a 5 percentage point additional tax on sweetened beverages (currently taxed at 18%) and a new 18% tax on sweets and snacks, (2) a healthy subsidy by zero-rating fruits and vegetables from the current 19% value-added tax, and (3) a combined (tax plus subsidy) policy. Under full pass-through of these policies, the combined scheme captures the incentives to switch purchases from both single-policy alternatives, resulting in a net welfare gain and subsidy transfer for the average Chilean household. In terms of welfare, low-income households strictly benefit from a combined policy, while high-income households experience a small consumer welfare loss, resulting in re-distributional effects.es_ES
Patrocinadordc.description.sponsorshipBloomberg Philanthropies Comisión Nacional de Investigación Cientifica y Tecnológica (CONICYT) CPC NIH grant P2C HD050924 CPC P2C HD050924 CONICYT PAI/INDUSTRIA 79090016es_ES
Lenguagedc.language.isoenes_ES
Publisherdc.publisherPublic Library Sciencees_ES
Type of licensedc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile*
Link to Licensedc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/*
Sourcedc.sourcePLoS ONEes_ES
Keywordsdc.subjectSugar sweetened beverageses_ES
Keywordsdc.subjectPrice elasticityes_ES
Keywordsdc.subjectDemand systemses_ES
Títulodc.titleCombined fiscal policies to promote healthier diets: Effects on purchases and consumer welfarees_ES
Document typedc.typeArtículo de revistaes_ES
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Indexationuchile.indexArtículo de publicación ISI
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