 Soybean overweight shock (SOS): The impact of trade liberalization in China on overweight prevalenceRui Wang, Faqin Lin and Kuo Feng China Economic Review, 2024, vol. 87, issue C Abstract: This study investigates the overweight effect of the soybean import shock (referred to as the soybean overweight shock or “SOS”) on China, the largest importer of soybeans worldwide. By using China's soybean import liberalization in 1996 as a natural experiment, which involved the removal of soybean tariff rate quota (TRQ) policy and a reduction in soybean import tariffs from 114% to 3%, we found significant SOS effects. The soybean import shock can account for 10.76% of the observed increase in overweight probability between 1989 and 2006. Mechanism analysis finds that the exposure to the soybean import shock leads to a significant decrease in the market price of soybean oil and an increase in soybean oil consumption, it also increases the likelihood of being overweight through dining out, eating food prepared outside, and eating fried foods. Additionally, we discovered stronger SOS effects in urban residents, females and individuals with relatively lower family income. Keywords: SOS; Soybeans; Overweight; Trade liberalization; China (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:chieco:v:87:y:2024:i:c:s1043951x24001135 DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102224 Access Statistics for this article China Economic Review is currently edited by B.M. Fleisher, K. X. D. Huang, M.E. Lovely, Y. Wen, X. Zhang and X. Zhu More articles in China Economic Review from Elsevier |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.