Are Chinese smokers sensitive to price?

China Economic Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-121

  BISHOP, John A ^a   LIU, Haiyong ^a   MENG, Qi ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Elasticity; Price; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947594986     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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