Empirical measurement of illicit tobacco trade in the Philippines

Cigarette smuggling reduces the price of cigarettes, thwarts youth access restrictions, reduces government revenue, and undercuts the ability of taxes to reduce consumption. The tobacco industry often opposes increases to tobacco taxes on the claim that greater taxes induce more smuggling. To date,...

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Publicado en:The Philippine review of economics Vol. 51, No. 2 (December 2014), p. 83-96.
Main Authors: Abola, Victor (Author), Sy, Deborah (Author), Denniston, Ryan (Author), So, Anthony (Author)
Formato: Analytics
Idioma:English
Publicado: [Quezon City] School of Economics, University of the Philippines 2014.
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