Because Berkeley’s sugary drink tax has had little impact on price, researchers suggest that lawmakers insufficiently considered elasticity and incidence.
To avoid inelastic demand, a sugary drink tax would need to increase price substantially. Current taxes that average less than 5% have little impact.
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