The demand for marijuana, tobacco and alcohol: Inter-commodity interactions with uncertainty

Empirical Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 203-239

  Clements, Kenneth W ^a   Lan, Yihui ^a   Zhao, Xueyan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Differential demand systems; Legislation and taxation; Marijuana consumption

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DRUG USER; LEGISLATION; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; TAX SYSTEM; TOBACCO; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

CANNABIS SATIVA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77954459832     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-009-0302-x     Document Type: Article

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