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State cigarette taxes and health expenditures: Evidence from dynamic spatial lag panel models

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  • Adam Hoffer
  • Brad R. Humphreys
  • Jane E. Ruseski

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This study explores the relationship between state cigarette taxes and state expenditures on health and hospitals. We address two major sources of endogeneity from (i) the relationship between tax rates and expenditure decisions and (ii) spatial dependence in expenditure policies by using tobacco production as an instrument for cigarette tax rates and through a dynamic spatial Durbin model. We estimate the cigarette tax rate expenditure elasticity to be 0.03 (SR) and 0.87 (LR) for state health spending and 0.05 (SR) and 0.79 (LR) for state hospital spending. Increases in cigarette taxes did not reduce state spending on health over this period. Este estudio examina la relación entre los impuestos estatales sobre los cigarrillos y los gastos estatales en salud y hospitales. Se abordan dos fuentes principales de endogeneidad, procedente de (i) la relación entre los tipos impositivos y las decisiones de gasto y (ii) la dependencia espacial en las políticas de gasto debidas al uso de la producción de tabaco como instrumento para los tipos impositivos de los cigarrillos y a través de un modelo de Durbin espacial dinámico. Se estimó que la elasticidad del gasto de la tasa impositiva sobre los cigarrillos es de 0,03 (SR) y 0,87 (LR) para el gasto estatal en salud y de 0,05 (SR) y 0,79 (LR) para el gasto estatal en hospitales. Los aumentos en los impuestos sobre los cigarrillos no redujeron el gasto estatal en salud durante este período. 本稿では、州の紙巻たばこ税と保健衛生および病院にかかる州支出の関連性を調査する。我々は、動的な空間ダービンモデルにより、1)税率と支出決定の関連性、2)タバコ製品を紙巻きタバコの税率の手段として使用する支出政策における空間依存性からの内生性の二つの主要な源を検討した。我々は、紙巻たばこ税の支出弾力性を、州の保健衛生費については0.03(SR)および0.87(LR)、州の病院にかかる支出については0.05(SR)および0.79(LR)と推定した。この期間では、紙巻たばこ税の増税による州の医療費の減少はなかった。

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  • Adam Hoffer & Brad R. Humphreys & Jane E. Ruseski, 2019. "State cigarette taxes and health expenditures: Evidence from dynamic spatial lag panel models," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(2), pages 925-950, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:98:y:2019:i:2:p:925-950
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12398
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    1. Craig A. Depken & Adam J. Hoffer & Abdul H. Kidwai, 2022. "An artefactual field experiment of group discrimination between sports fans," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 411-432, December.

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