Berkeley, California, is the first US jurisdiction to succes…
Berkeley, California, is the first US jurisdiction to successfully place an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, with the dual goals of reducing consumption and raising revenue for efforts to prevent obesity and diabetes. How does the research we examined in class measure the impact of the tax on the prices of sugar-sweetened beverages?
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Olivia owns a dog whose barking annoys her neighbor, Eric. Suppose that the benefit of owning a dog is worth $500 to Olivia and that Eric bears a cost of $600 from the barking. Assuming that Olivia has the legal right to keep a dog, a private market solution to this problem is that
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