Meat taxes are inevitable, yet we seem to shy away from them. But why?

Sanchayan Banerjee

Food Policy, 2025, vol. 130, issue C

Abstract: •A meaningful dietary transition requires robust fiscal policies, such as meat and dairy (hereinafter “meat”) taxes.•Meat taxes are optimal. They can be designed in ways that are not regressive.•Meat taxes are not necessarily unpopular. Design of tax is important.•Meat taxes are not particularly bad but made to look so by lobbyists.•Assessing synergies between meat taxes and other behavioural measures is essential for effective policy design.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102787

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