Price, public policy and smoking in young people

Youth Smoking Uptake Progress: Price and Public Policy Effects

Private Labels, Price Rivalry, and Public Policy¤

The article examines how the existence of a retailer owned brand, private label, a¤ects the price setting of a national brand. We ...nd that the potential for a private label introduction may lead to price concessions from the national brand producer, but that actual private label introduction as such may very well lead to higher retail prices on national brands. We argue that this may have imp...

Public policy and smoking cessation among young adults in the United States.

In the wake of significant budget shortfalls, numerous states have increased cigarette excise taxes to boost revenues. This study examines whether or not increasing the price of cigarettes, which will occur as a consequence of cigarette excise tax increases, and implementing stronger restrictions on smoking in private worksites and other public places have an impact on smoking cessation decisio...

PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY AND PRACTICE Smoking in young adolescents: an approach with multilevel discrete choice models

Study objective: To understand the context for tobacco smoking in young adolescents, estimating the effects of individual, family, social, and school related factors. Design: Cross sectional analysis performed by multilevel logistic regression with pupils at the first level and schools at the second level. The data came from a stratified sample of students surveyed on their own, their families’...

Public Policy, Price Shocks, and Civil War in Developing Countries

Those who study the role of agriculture in the political economy of development focus on government policy choices on the one hand and the impact of price shocks on the other. We argue that the two should be studied together. We find that civil unrest (Granger) causes government policies, pushing governments in poor and medium income countries to shift relative prices in favor of urban consumer...