Tobacco Taxes and Cigarette Demand in Japan : Could the Government Kill Two Birds with One Stone?

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• This paper explores the plausibility and effectiveness of using tobacco taxes as a policy instrument in reducing cigarette consumption. I estimated a cigarette demand function with the most recent prefectural level data available and found that cigarette demand in Japan is inelastic to both income and price changes. Based on the estimated demand as well as the price, tax, and consumption data of 1999, I conclude that it would take a tobacco tax increase of considerable magnitude to reduce cigarette consumption to a meaningful extent and a sizeable tobacco tax increase is likely to generate substantial social and financial benefit.

• 青森公立大学の論文
• 2004-03-20

著者

• Zhou J.

  Aomori Public College

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