The Distributional Effects of Tobacco Taxation : The Evidence of White and Clove Cigarettes in Indonesia

The Distributional Effects of Tobacco Taxation : The Evidence of White and Clove Cigarettes in Indonesia

Despite the well-known positive impact of tobacco taxes on health outcomes, policy makers hesitate to use them because of their possible regressive effect, that is, poorer deciles are proportionally more negatively affected than richer ones. Using...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fuchs, Alan, Del Carmen, Giselle
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
TOBACCO TAX
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
INEQUALITY
REGRESSIVITY
CIGARETTE SMOKING
PRICE EFFECT
PRICE ELASTICITY
PVOERTY
TAXATION
EXCISE TAX
SIN TAX
CLOVE CIGARETTE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/947511534513877197/The-distributional-effects-of-tobacco-taxation-the-evidence-of-white-and-clove-cigarettes-in-Indonesia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30285

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/947511534513877197/The-distributional-effects-of-tobacco-taxation-the-evidence-of-white-and-clove-cigarettes-in-Indonesia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30285

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