Demand reduction from plain and pictorial cigarette warning labels: Evidence from experimental auctions

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 171-184

  Rousu, Matthew C ^a   Thrasher, James F ^b  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette labeling; Experimental auctions; Pictorial labels; Plain packaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874153604     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/pps049     Document Type: Article

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