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Meat taxes are inevitable, yet we seem to shy away from them. But why?

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: • A meaningful dietary transition requires robust fiscal policies, such as meat and dairy (hereinafter “meat”) taxes. • Meat taxes are optimal. They can be designed in ways that are not regressive. • Meat taxes are not necessarily unpopular. Design of tax is important. • Meat taxes are not particularly bad but made to look so by lobbyists. • Assessing synergies between meat taxes and other behavioural measures is essential for effective policy design.

Source: Food Policy

DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102787

Author: Sanchayan Banerjee

Institutions: King's College London, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Language: English

Topic: Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,860

OpenAlex ID: W4405313968

FWCI: 1.603

Cites: 15

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10