Can higher cigarette taxes improve birth outcomes?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 135-154

  Evans, William N ^a   Ringel, Jeanne S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

112; 118; Birth outcomes; Cigarette excise taxes; H2

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000433678     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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