The econometrics of rational addiction: The case of cigarettes

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 449-454

  Baltagi, Badi H ^a   Griffin, James M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette demand; Fixed effects; Generalized method of moments; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035622423     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/07350010152596691     Document Type: Article

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