The Economic Inquiry  publication featured in Berkeley News  regarding soda tax research conducted by ARE affiliated authors Rebecca Taylor ('17 alumna),  Professor Sofia Villas-Boas and graduate student Scott Kaplan, and fellow co-author Kevin Jung "analyzed food and drink purchases at UC Berkeley-owned dining facilities and in drug stores in the city of Berkeley before and after residents voted in favor of levying a penny-per-ounce tax on all sugar-sweetened beverages. Their analysis revealed that soda sales dropped an average of 10 to 20 percent in the three months immediately following the vote — before the tax and any associated price hikes went into effect."

You can read more of the Berkeley News article here.