Will a sugar tax change behaviour?
OPINION: Consumers do not always reduce demand if prices rise.
Advocates of a sugar tax typically ignore how price changes can fail to affect consumer behaviour.
It’s argued that a tax on fizzy drinks and the like will do much to address obesity, particularly childhood obesity. And in support of their view the sugar tax advocates often cite the law of supply
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John Bishop
Mon, 16 May 2016
Mon, 16 May 2016
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Will a sugar tax change behaviour?
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