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

Olivier Allais (1) , Patrice Bertail (2, 3) , Véronique Nichèle (1)

1 ALISS - Alimentation et sciences sociales
2 CREST - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique
3 MODAL'X - Modélisation aléatoire de Paris X

This article assesses the effects of a "fat tax" on the nutrient intake of French households across different income groups using a method that estimates the nutrient elasticities of French households. We estimate a complete demand system by aggregating an individual demand system over cohorts. The use of a cohort model is justified by the incompleteness of our data. We find 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.

Mots clés: HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA; DEMAND SYSTEM; NUTRIENT ELESTICITIES; FAT TAX POLICY

Mots clés: ECONOMIE DU BIEN-ETRE

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Olivier Allais, Patrice Bertail, Véronique Nichèle. The effects of a "fat tax" on the nutrient intake of French households. 12. EAAE Congress, European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE). INT., Aug 2008, Ghent, Belgium. 9 p. ⟨hal-02818327⟩