Demand for cigarettes in Turkey: An application of count data models

Empirical Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 733-765

  Bilgic, Abdulbaki ^a   Florkowski, Wojciech J ^b   Akbay, Cuma ^c  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cigarette demand; Count data; Excess zero observations; Excise tax; Household; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; SMOKING; TAX SYSTEM;

TURKEY;

EID: 78249256981     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-009-0320-8     Document Type: Article

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