Cutting through the smoke: Separating the effect of price on smoking initiation, relapse and cessation

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2921-2939

  Liu, Feng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; DECISION ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; MODELING; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77956300675     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840801964880     Document Type: Article

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