Cigarette tax revenues and tobacco control in Japan
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Cigarette Tax Revenues and Tobacco Control in Japan
The hypotheses of non-addiction, myopia and rational addiction are tested using annual, quarterly and monthly data. Changes in the prices of Japanese cigarettes can be viewed as exogenous from the point of view of consumer behavior, because the Japanese government controls cigarette prices. The empirical results of this paper support the addiction hypothesis. The short-run and long-run price el...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied Economics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0003-6846,1466-4283
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500426900