Do cigarette producers price-discriminate by state? An empirical analysis of local cigarette pricing and taxation

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 499-512

  Keeler, Theodore E ^a   Hu, Teh wei ^a   Barnett, Paul G ^b   Manning, Willard G ^c   Sung, Hai Yen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cigarettes; oligopoly; taxation; tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST; LAW; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEES AND CHARGES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PLANTS, TOXIC; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030219386     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00498-5     Document Type: Article

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