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Sofia Berto Villas-Boas is a Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. She was born in Portugal and received her Ph.D. in Economics from UC Berkeley in 2002. Her research interests encompass industrial organization, consumer behavior, and food policy, with a particular focus on how various policies affect consumer behavior. She has conducted notable empirical work, including investigations into the impact of excise taxes on sugary beverages, the effects of bottled water taxes, and the implementation of plastic bag bans. Professor Villas-Boas's published research has appeared in leading economics journals, including the Review of Economic Studies, the RAND Journal of Economics, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and others. Her expertise lies in the intersection of economics, applied econometrics, and agricultural resource economics, contributing significantly to our understanding of consumer decision-making and market dynamics.
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