A double-hurdle approach to modelling tobacco consumption in Italy

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2463-2476

  Aristei, David ^a   Pieroni, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOBACCO;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 54049130056     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600970229     Document Type: Article

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