Smoking initiation and the iron law of demand

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-127

  Lillard, Dean R ^a   Molloy, Eamon ^a   Sfekas, Andrew ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronological behavioral windows; Cigarette price elasticity; Cigarette tax elasticity; Measurement error; Smoking initiation

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLICY APPROACH; PRICE DYNAMICS; SMOKING; TAX SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE COST; CIGARETTE TAX; COST; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMERCE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; SMOKING; STATE GOVERNMENT; TAXES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872248086     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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