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  • School of International Politics and Economics
  • How effective is a health tax?
  • Professor Tatsuya Uchida
  • Taxes aimed at promoting health, such as the "tobacco tax," "potato chip tax," "fat tax," and "soda tax," have become a hot topic internationally in recent years. From an economic perspective, we consider how effective such taxes are. (Published in 2012)