Smoke gets in your eyes: Cigarette tax salience and regressivity

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 302-336

  Goldin, Jacob ^a   Homonoff, Tatiana ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873487717     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.5.1.302     Document Type: Article

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