Tobacco Taxation Incidence : Evidence from the Russian Federation

Tobacco Taxation Incidence : Evidence from the Russian Federation

Despite the well-known positive effects of tobacco taxes on health outcomes, policy makers avoid relying on such taxes because of their possible regressive impact. Using an extended cost-benefit analysis to estimate the distributional effect of cig...

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Main Authors: Fuchs, Alan, Matytsin, Mikhail, Obukhova, Olga
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
TOBACCO TAX
TOBACCO CONTROL
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
HEALTH OUTCOMES
SMOKING
TOBACCO PRICE
PRICE ELASTICITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/508191540824515851/Tobacco-Taxation-Incidence-Evidence-from-the-Russian-Federation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30646

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/508191540824515851/Tobacco-Taxation-Incidence-Evidence-from-the-Russian-Federation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30646

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