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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28992| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Cross-country and panel data estimates of the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes in Europe |
| Authors: | Kohler, Andreas Vinci, Linda Mattli, Renato |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069970 10.21256/zhaw-28992 |
| Published in: | BMJ Open |
| Volume(Issue): | 13 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | BMJ Publishing Group |
| ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Health economics; Health policy; Humans; Smoking; Gesundheitsökonomie; Raucherwaren; Zigarette; Europa |
| Subject (DDC): | 362.1041: Health economics |
| Abstract: | Objective: Our goal is to provide estimates of the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes in Europe as a basis for public health policy on tobacco taxation. Methods: We use secondary data on cigarette retail sales including illicit trade, prices, tobacco control measures and income from 2010 to 2020 of 27 European countries from Euromonitor, the WHO, the Tobacco Control Scale and the World Bank. We estimate the price elasticity of demand using instrumental variable regressions as well as panel data regressions taking into account that prices and quantities are determined simultaneously in the market. Results: Based on cross-section data at the country level, we find that during the decade from 2010 to 2020, the demand for cigarettes in Europe has become neither more nor less elastic. Our estimates of the price elasticity based on panel data are around −0.4 (95% CI −0.67 to –0.24), in line with previous estimates for high-income countries. Furthermore, our analysis shows that estimates of the price elasticity of demand that are based on data including illicit trade tend to be lower. This has also been found in the previous literature. Conclusions: By providing state-of-the-art, up-to-date estimates of the price elasticity of demand that are in line with the previous literature, we show that taxation can still be a cost-effective tobacco policy to reduce cigarette consumption and thus, the burden of smoking. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/28992 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY-NC 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Winterthur Institute of Health Economics (WIG) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Kohler, A., Vinci, L., & Mattli, R. (2023). Cross-country and panel data estimates of the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes in Europe. BMJ Open, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069970
Kohler, A., Vinci, L. and Mattli, R. (2023) ‘Cross-country and panel data estimates of the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes in Europe’, BMJ Open, 13(6). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069970.
A. Kohler, L. Vinci, and R. Mattli, “Cross-country and panel data estimates of the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes in Europe,” BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 6, 2023, doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069970.
KOHLER, Andreas, Linda VINCI und Renato MATTLI, 2023. Cross-country and panel data estimates of the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes in Europe. BMJ Open. 2023. Bd. 13, Nr. 6. DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069970
Kohler, Andreas, Linda Vinci, and Renato Mattli. 2023. “Cross-Country and Panel Data Estimates of the Price Elasticity of Demand for Cigarettes in Europe.” BMJ Open 13 (6). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069970.
Kohler, Andreas, et al. “Cross-Country and Panel Data Estimates of the Price Elasticity of Demand for Cigarettes in Europe.” BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 6, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069970.
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