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This paper was presented at the IFS Oxford and Cambridge Lecture Series in October 2013.
Authors
Kate Smith
Research Fellow London School of Economics
Kate is an IFS Research Fellow and an Assistant Professor at LSE, interested in public finance, industrial organisation and applied microeconomics.
Presentation details
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- IFS
Suggested citation
Smith, K. (2013). 'How, and should, the government tackle diet-related disease?' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/how-and-should-government-tackle-diet-related-disease (accessed: 19 May 2024).
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