Is cigarette smoking in poorer nations highly sensitive to price?: Evidence from Russia and China

Type Journal Article - Journal of health economics
Title Is cigarette smoking in poorer nations highly sensitive to price?: Evidence from Russia and China
Author(s)
Volume 23
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2004
Page numbers 173-189
URL http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/15154693
Abstract
We examine cigarette demand in China and Russia using longitudinal micro-level household and community surveys. Previous developing-country price elasticity estimates of around −0.75 have been larger than United States estimates of about −0.4, but the former have relied primarily on aggregate data. In contrast, our micro-level price elasticity estimates in China and Russia range from 0 to −0.15. Thus, raising prices in poorer countries may not reduce smoking to the degree previously suggested.

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