Estimating price and expenditure elasticities for select foods and drinks in South Africa using a demand systems model
The government may have room to raise and expand the HPL to further discourage consumption of these products and raise additional revenue, although the total effect would also depend on supply side responses, which we are unable to capture here.
Authors
- Maxime Bercholz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3279-6408)
- Shu Wen Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0582-110X)
- Chengetai Dare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5001-8768)
- Evelyn Thsehla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4098-5804)
- Micheal Kofi Boachie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1062-889X)
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of public health research
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/22799036251350956
- Primary Topic
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00