The effects of a "fat tax" on the nutrient intake of French households

Allais , Olivier
        INRA
        , Ivry-Sur-Seine .
         UR 1303 Alimentation et Sciences Sociales; Bertail , Patrice
        . MODAL'X. Modélisation aléatoire de Paris X; Nichèle , Veronique
        INRA
        , Ivry-Sur-Seine .
         UR 1303 Alimentation et Sciences Sociales

The effects of a "fat tax" on the nutrient intake of French households

2008

Allais , Olivier (INRA , Ivry-Sur-Seine (France). UR 1303 Alimentation et Sciences Sociales) | Bertail , Patrice (Université Paris 10, Paris(France). MODAL'X. Modélisation aléatoire de Paris X) | Nichèle , Veronique (INRA , Ivry-Sur-Seine (France). UR 1303 Alimentation et Sciences Sociales)

This article assesses the e¤ects of a "fat tax" on the nutrient intake of French households across di¤erent income groups using a method that estimates the nutrient elasticities of French households. The incompleteness of our data requires the use of a cohort model. We estimate a complete demand system by aggregating an individual demand system over cohorts. We fnd that a "fat tax" would have ambiguous and extremely small effects on the nutrient intake of French households, and its associated economic welfare costs would be similarly weak.

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