Clinical trials: Tax Policy
Evaluate the Effectiveness of Taxes on Unhealthy, Evaluate the Effectiveness Subsidies for Healthy Foods
Study of Purchasing Decisions and Food Consumption: Chile
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of taxes on unhealthy foods and subsidies for healthy foods in modifying the purchasing and consumption behavior of people in the Metropolitan Region, Chile. Research hypothesis: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT04654780
- Testing
- Taxes, Subsidies, Control
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Mayor
Cigarette Smoking Behavior
Effects of Tobacco Abuse Liability-dependent Taxes in the ETM
In a within-subject design, cigarette smokers, stratified by age, will purchase tobacco products under three tax rate conditions based on abuse liability, that is taxes based on: (1) product category score (i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT07042373
- Testing
- Control, Product Category Score, Product Category Rank
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Obesity, Diabetes
Do Taxes Reduce the Purchasing of Soda?
The study will take place at a cafe managed by university dining services and is located in a university building adjacent to the psychology building. The cafe sells sugar-sweetened beverages and a variety of diet drinks.
- Trial name
- NCT02914821
- Testing
- Simulated tax via 3 cent per ounce price increase
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard University
Chronic Disease
Validation of Restaurant App
Unhealthy diets significantly contribute to preventable chronic diseases among older adults. To advance the investigator's understanding of policies needed to support healthy diets, the objectives are: 1) to develop and validate…
- Trial name
- VRA (NCT06868056)
- Testing
- Suite of healthy food policies
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Mental Health Issue, Food Security
Targeting Access and Knowledge of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Utilization and Policies
The earned income tax credit (EITC) is the largest United States poverty alleviation program, providing up to $6,600 for working families as a tax refund.
- Conditions
- Mental Health Issue, Food Security, Well-being
- Trial name
- TAKE-UP (NCT06146621)
- Testing
- Low-touch text messaging, Personal tax filing support, Information about free tax-filing support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Smoking Behaviors, Smoking, Non-Tobacco Products
Tobacco/Nicotine Purchase Patterns Across SES
In a within-subject design, investigators will use the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace (ETM) to systematically impose 4 novel tobacco/nicotine tax proposals (Tobacco Parity, Nicotine-Content, Harm-Reduction, and Modified Risk…
- Conditions
- Smoking Behaviors, Smoking, Non-Tobacco Products, Smoking, Cigarette
- Trial name
- AIM2 (NCT06795997)
- Testing
- Tax Conditions, Control Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 663 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Nutrition Labeling, Tax Policy
Supermarket Labelling and Taxation Study
Participants will be assigned to one of four conditions: (i) nutrient warning labelling and no taxation, (ii) nutrient warning labelling and taxation, (iii) current traffic light labelling and taxation or (iv) a control condition…
- Trial name
- NCT07339982
- Testing
- Labelling, Taxation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 829 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liverpool
Diet, Healthy
Understanding Food Choices in Saudi Arabia- Taxes
Using a 3-arm randomized controlled trial, the investigators aim to rigorously evaluate the effects of two different taxation policies on diet quality.
- Trial name
- NCT05429528
- Testing
- Implicit Tax, Explicit Tiered Tax
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 2,490 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Poverty, Tax Policy
Effect of EITC on Biological Markers of Aging, Health and Mortality
Paycheck Plus (PP) is a randomized controlled experiment (RCT) that explores the health and longevity effects associated with increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
- Trial name
- PaycheckPlus (NCT03226548)
- Testing
- Paycheck Plus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Obesity, Food Labeling
Nudging Nutrition With Monetary Incentives Environmental Cues
The investigators hypothesize that monetary incentives and messaging, such as making nutritious foods relatively less expensive than less nutritious foods and framing the price difference in a positive or negative way, will…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Food Labeling, Health Behavior, Diet
- Trial name
- NCT02461108
- Testing
- Subsidy, Tax, Tax and subsidy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 221 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University