Analysis of cigarette demand in Argentina: the impact of price changes on consumption and government revenues

• Main Authors: German Rodríguez-Iglesias (Author), Verónica Schoj (Author), Frank Chaloupka (Author), Beatriz Champagne (Author), Martín González-Rozada (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To estimate cigarette demand and to simulate a tax policy targeted to reduce tobacco consumption. Materials and methods. Demand was estimated using a vector error correction model. Simulation exercises present the impact of a tax increase on consumption and revenues. Results. Changes in r...