Cigarette tax avoidance and evasion

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-297

  Stehr, Mark ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BRFSS; Cigarette smuggling; State cigarette tax; Tax avoidance

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; SMUGGLING; TAX SYSTEM;

ADVERTIZING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLICY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TAX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13844296375     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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