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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 24.
Published in final edited form as: Food Policy. 2017 Aug 8;71:86–100. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.08.001

Table 5.

Own-price uncompensated elasticities comparison (demand system models)

Study Data Junk Food SSBs Notes
(Heien & Wessells, 1990) US households −2.19 to −0.05 −1.38 to −1.10 SSBs. Junk Food: Ice cream
(Huang & Lin, 2000) 4,245 US households −1.01 Juices only.
(Yen, Lin, & Smallwood, 2003) 1.069 US households −1.03 SSBs
(Pittman, 2004)* 5,715 US households −1.07 to −0.86 SSBs
(Chouinard, Davis, LaFrance, & Perloff, 2005) US households −0.80 to −0.77 Junk food: ice cream, flavored yogurt
(Smith, Lin, & Lee, 2010) US households −1.26 SSBs
(Allais, Bertail, & Nichele, 2010) 5,000 FR households −0.47 to −0.39 −0.99 to −0.98 Sodas only. Junk food: sugar and fat products
(Zhen, Wohlgenant, Karns, & Kaufman, 2011) 33,206 US households −1.06 Sodas only, low income households
(Bonnet & Requillart, 2011) 19,000 FR households −4.2 to 2.92 Different brands of soda drinks.
(Dharmasena, Davis, & Capps, 2011) US households −2.26 to −1.17 SSBs
(Gustavsen & Rickertsen, 2011) 25,023 Norway households −2.58 to −0.99 −1.73 to −0.85 SSBs. Junk Food: Candy and ice cream
(Kotakorpi, Harkanen, & P., 2011)* 17,000 Finish households −2.54 Junk Food: sugar and sweets
(Lin, Smith, Lee, & Hall, 2011) 22,750 US households −0.95 SSBs
(Bonnet & Requillart, 2012)* 19,000 FR households −4.9 to −2.37 Different brands of soda drinks.
(Briggs et al., 2013) 5,263 UK households −0.81 SSB ready-to-drink
(Sharma, Hauck, Hollingsworth, & Siciliani, 2014) 5,560 AUS households −0.63 Sodas only
(Zhen et al., 2014) 37,786 US households −1.67 to −1.11 −1.04 Junk food: ice cream, candy, cakes, snacks
(Colchero et al., 2015) 73,311 MEX households −0.98 to −1.15 −1.16 Junk food: candy and snacks
(Harding & Lovenheim, 2014)* 162,974 US households −0.29 to −0.27 −2.26 to −2.19 Sodas only. Junk food: candy and snacks
(Paraje, 2016) 39,617 EQ households −1.2 SSBs
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