Who pays cigarette taxes? The impact of consumer price search

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 516-529

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

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

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EID: 84885795282     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00303     Document Type: Article

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