The Master Settlement Agreement and cigarette tax policy

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 431-438

  Goel, Rajeev K ^a   Nelson, Michael A ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Federal tax; Master Settlement Agreement; State tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249752768     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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