Excise tax avoidance: The case of state cigarette taxes

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1130-1141

  DeCicca, Philip ^a   Kenkel, Donald ^b   Liu, Feng ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Border crossing; Cigarette taxes; H2; I18; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMOKING; TAX SYSTEM; TOBACCO; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING; SOCIAL MARKETING; TAX; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885710366     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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