The hazard of starting the smoking habit among the Canadian population

International Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-106

  Boudarbat, Brahim ^a   Malhotra, Nisha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Price; Smoking; Split population model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955977887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13071637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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