Driven to drink: Sin taxes near a border

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1175-1184

  Beatty, Timothy K M ^a,b   Larsen, Erling Røed ^b   Sommervoll, Dag Einar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Border trade; Taxation; Tobacco consumption

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BORDER REGION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAX SYSTEM; TOBACCO;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; SMOKING; TAX;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; EUROPE; TAXES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 70749125507     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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