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Net Taxpayer Cost of WIC Infant Formula

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  • Levedahl, J. William
  • Reed, Albert J.

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This paper combines expressions for infant formula retail price flexibilities of the contract brand with respect to the rebate and participant demand presented by Reed and Levedahl (2012)with historical data on rebates and participant demand to calculate how the magnitude of net taxpayer costs has been affected by changes in rebates and participant demand. These results are used to compare the relative impact of these variables on the net cost to taxpayers of WIC infant formula and to evaluate how effective sole-source contracts have been at containing taxpayer costs.

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  • Levedahl, J. William & Reed, Albert J., 2012. "Net Taxpayer Cost of WIC Infant Formula," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington 124073, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea12:124073
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.124073
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    1. Oliveira, Victor & Frazao, Elizabeth & Smallwood, David M., 2010. "Rising Infant Formula Costs to the WIC Program: Recent Trends in Rebates and Wholesale Prices," Economic Research Report 59384, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Albert J. Reed & J.W. Levedahl, 2012. "WIC and the Price of Infant Formula," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 94(3), pages 687-701.
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