The compensating behavior of smokers: Taxes, tar, and nicotine

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 578-595

  Evans, William N ^a   Farrelly, Matthew C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAX; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NICOTINE; SMOKING; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032168420     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2556105     Document Type: Article

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