Impact of khat price increases on consumption behavior - price elasticity analysis

• Main Authors: Maged El-Setouhy (Author), Rashad Alsanosy (Author), Anwar M. Makeen (Author), Khalid Yaser Ghailan (Author), Abdullah Alsharqi (Author), Kamaludin Ahmed Sheikh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The long border of Saudi Arabia with Yemen is the primary route for khat entry to the Kingdom. As of April 2015, the government of SA tightened the border, making it more difficult to import khat into the country. As a result, local user prices of khat probably increased due in p...