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The Consumption of Tobacco in Italy, 1871-1913: National and Regional Estimates

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This paper provides an historical account of the consumption of manufacturedtobacco in post-Unification Italy. The main phases of the monopolyare first reviewed. National and regional time series estimates for theyears from 1871 to 1913 are then presented. At the national level, the newfigures document a long-term reduction in per-capita consumption and along-term increase in real per-capita spending. Per-capita real spendingon tobacco followed rather closely the familiar Kuznets cycle with upperturning points in the mid-1870s, 1887, and, at an unprecedented level,in the pre-WWI years. The new estimates provide additional support tothe «optimistic view» of the much debated «crisis» of the 1880s. Thelongitudinal features of the new regional estimates are also exploited. Astandard myopic model of tobacco consumption is considered and tentativeestimates of both short and long run income and price elasticitiesare provided. The paper ends by presenting possible directions for futureresearch.

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  • Carlo Ciccarelli, 2012. "The Consumption of Tobacco in Italy, 1871-1913: National and Regional Estimates," Rivista di storia economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 3, pages 409-452.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:jrkmxm:doi:10.1410/38525:y:2012:i:3:p:409-452
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    1. Carlo Ciccarelli & Pierpaolo Pierani & Silvia Tiezzi, 2014. "Secular trends in tobacco consumption: the case of Italy, 1871-2010," Department of Economics University of Siena 700, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
    2. Stefano Fenoaltea, 2020. "The fruits of disaggregation: The engineering industry, tariff protection, and the industrial investment cycle in Italy, 1861-1913," PSL Quarterly Review, Economia civile, vol. 73(292), pages 77-110.
    3. Carlo Ciccarelli & Jean Paul Elhorst, 2016. "A Spatial Diffusion Model with Common Factors and an Application to Cigarette Consumption," CEIS Research Paper 381, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 31 May 2016.
    4. Ciccarelli, Carlo & Elhorst, J.Paul, 2018. "A dynamic spatial econometric diffusion model with common factors: The rise and spread of cigarette consumption in Italy," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 131-142.

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