The effects of price and smoking risk information on the demand for tobacco in Taiwan: An empirical study

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1757-1767

  Lee, Jie Min ^a   Chen, Sheng Hong ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ELASTICITY; PRICE DYNAMICS; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 47649095480     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600905142     Document Type: Article

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