Maxime Roche

🚨 New published paper! Can differentiated VAT rates promote healthier diets? I assess Costa Rica’s 2023 reform aiming to align VAT rates with nutritional aspects to “guarantee a balanced diet” Read @_Food_Policy: doi.org/10.1016/j.food… @ImperialBiz @imperialchepi 1/9🧵👇

📢 Read our new @IFPRI blog on The Future of Food Demand! ifpri.org/blog/the-futur… The blog summarizes main findings from our recent IFPRI Discussion Paper (hdl.handle.net/10568/176595) and present our Food Demand Meta-Elasticities (FDME) Database (doi.org/10.7910/DVN/7J…)

📢 New publication in @PLOSMedicine! Expanding the 40% “sin goods” GST rate to foods high in fat, sugar & salt in India could prevent diseases, reduce health costs, and generate fiscal revenue. Link: doi.org/10.1371/journa… @imperialchepi @ImperialBiz @ResolveTSL @IEGResearch

Hola - Estoy haciendo una encuesta sobre cómo se preparan las empresas mexicanas ante choques energéticos. Help me out - I’m running a survey on how Mexican firms prepare for energy shocks. Toma menos de 2 mins / Takes less than 2 mins: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

🚨 We’re hiring! Join us at CHEPI as a Research Associate in Behavioural Economics. Work on pandemic preparedness, NCD prevention & more. 🧠📊 Apply by 16 July 👉 imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jo… #BehavioralEconomics #PublicHealth #AcademicJobs #postdocjobs

New blog post on IB Knowledge about my research: "Key lessons from Costa Rica's attempt to use taxation to boost healthy eating: Can VAT reforms improve diets?" Link: imperial.ac.uk/business-schoo…

Excited to virtually present my paper "Can differentiated VAT rates promote healthier diets? The case of Costa Rica" tomorrow at the School of Economics of @UniversidadCR. Link event: economia.ucr.ac.cr/es/evento/colo… Link published paper @_Food_Policy: doi.org/10.1016/j.food…

Feel free to DM me if you have any questions about the program!

imperial.ac.uk/grantham/educa… Check out these PhD fellowships with the @Grantham_IC —focus on Pesticides, including some projects on health impacts @PHPE_IC @Imperial_PCPH @ImperialSPH @imperialcollege

Thrilled to visit @ArielOrtizBobea and his team at @CornellDyson until June in Ithaca, NY. Excited to connect, collaborate, and learn!

🚨 New Paper in @RSPH_PUHE! 🚨 📄 "Austerity and Waiting Times: Evidence on Reproductive Health Care Delays Among Young Millennials in Deprived Areas" 💡with @e_zucchelli & #BruceHollingsworth @ImperialBiz #Austerity #NHS #Healthcare #IBknowledge 🔍doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe…

@LauredePreux @_Food_Policy Thanks @LauredePreux for these kind and encouraging words and for your unwavering support!

I’m beyond proud of my PhD student, @Maxime1Roche, for publishing his first solo-authored paper in a top journal @_Food_Policy ! I can’t take any credit for it though - Maxime is brilliant and hardworking, and fully deserves this achievement. Excited to see what’s next! 🚀

Key takeaways: ✅Demand for ultra-processed foods is price-inelastic ✅Reform lacks nutritional criteria and fails to target ultra-processed savoury foods ✅Alternative nutrient-based approaches could reduce unhealthy nutrient purchases with greater effects on lower-income HH 9/9

While lower-income HH are found to be more price-sensitive, demand for ultra-processed foods is inelastic in Costa Rica. This highlights the need for other complementary policies, such as front-of-pack nutrition labelling. 8/9

🚨 New published paper! Can differentiated VAT rates promote healthier diets? I assess Costa Rica’s 2023 reform aiming to align VAT rates with nutritional aspects to “guarantee a balanced diet” Read @_Food_Policy: doi.org/10.1016/j.food… @ImperialBiz @imperialchepi 1/9🧵👇