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Exploratory Panel Data Evidence on the Relative Efficacy of Real Federal as Opposed to Real State Cigarette Excise Taxes in Reducing Cigarette Smoking in the United States

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  • Fabrizio Rossi
  • Richard J. Cebula
  • Don Capener

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Within the context of the fixed-effects model, this study uses a2002-2007state-levelpanel dataset of the United States to investigate the relative effectiveness of real (constant-dollar) federal cigarette excise taxation versus real (constant-dollar) state cigarette excise taxation in reducing cigarette smoking in the United States. The empirical estimates in this study find that each of two aggregate measures of the extent of cigarette smoking, namely, the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per capita annually and the percentage of the population classified as smokers, is a decreasing function of both the federal cigarette excise tax and the state cigarette excise tax. However, it is also found that a given percentage increase in there all federal excise tax has a much greater negative impact on both the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per capita annually and the magnitude of the percentage of the population classified as smokers than does an equal percentage increase in the real state cigarette excise tax.

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  • Fabrizio Rossi & Richard J. Cebula & Don Capener, 2015. "Exploratory Panel Data Evidence on the Relative Efficacy of Real Federal as Opposed to Real State Cigarette Excise Taxes in Reducing Cigarette Smoking in the United States," Bulletin of Applied Economics, Risk Market Journals, vol. 2(1), pages 37-50.
    • Handle: RePEc:rmk:rmkbae:v:2:y:2015:i:1:p:37-50
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    Keywords

    cigarette smoking; federal cigarette excise taxation; state cigarette excise taxation;
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    JEL classification:

    • R22 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Other Demand
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H29 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Other

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