Sample Paper
Table of Contents
1.
Introduction and overview
1.1
Coverage
1.1
Health consequences of tobacco consumption
2.
The impact of price on the demand for tobacco products
2.1
Conventional studies of cigarette demand
2.1.1 Analysis of aggregate data
2.1.2 Analysis of individual level data
2.2
Addiction models and cigarette demand
2.2.1 Imperfectly rational addiction models
2.2.2 Myopic addiction models
2.2.3 Rational addiction models
2.2.4 Critiques of the rational addiction model
2.3
Behavioral economic analyses of cigarette demand
2.4
Econometric studies of the demand for other tobacco products
3.
Cigarette and other tobacco taxation
3.1
Comparative standards and the effects of tax on price
3.1.1 Purposes and methods of taxation
3.1.2 Effects of taxes on retail price
3.1.3 Variations in cigarette tax across countries and states and the issue of smuggling
3.2
Fairness standards
3.2.1 Horizontal and vertical equity
3.2.2 The benefit principle
3.3
Public health standards
3.3.1 The social cost of smoking
3.3.2 The health benefits of increasing cigarette taxes
3.4
Economic efficiency and the pursuit of an optimal cigarette tax
3.4.1 Negative externalities associated with smoking
3.4.2 Other efficiency considerations
4.
Advertising, promotion, and the demand for tobacco products
4.1
Theoretical and conceptual issues
4.2
Econometric evidence
4.3
Findings from the non-economic literature
5.
Other
5.1
5.2
5.3
6.
Agricultural policy and the macroeconomic implications of tobacco
6.1
Size and nature of the tobacco industry
6.1.1 The global industry
6.1.2 The U.S. tobacco industry
6.2
The impact of the U.S. tobacco agriculture regulatory system
6.2.1 Nature of the system and its impact on tobacco farming
6.2.2 Relevance of the tobacco program to smoking and health
6.3
The contribution of the tobacco industry to the economy
6.3.1 States and nations
6.3.2 Tobacco farm communities
7.
1.
Introduction and overview
1.1
Coverage
1.1
Health consequences of tobacco consumption
2.
The impact of price on the demand for tobacco products
2.1
Conventional studies of cigarette demand
2.1.1 Analysis of aggregate data
2.1.2 Analysis of individual level data
2.2
Addiction models and cigarette demand
2.2.1 Imperfectly rational addiction models
2.2.2 Myopic addiction models
2.2.3 Rational addiction models
2.2.4 Critiques of the rational addiction model
2.3
Behavioral economic analyses of cigarette demand
2.4
Econometric studies of the demand for other tobacco products
3.
Cigarette and other tobacco taxation
3.1
Comparative standards and the effects of tax on price
3.1.1 Purposes and methods of taxation
3.1.2 Effects of taxes on retail price
3.1.3 Variations in cigarette tax across countries and states and the issue of smuggling
3.2
Fairness standards
3.2.1 Horizontal and vertical equity
3.2.2 The benefit principle
3.3
Public health standards
3.3.1 The social cost of smoking
3.3.2 The health benefits of increasing cigarette taxes
3.4
Economic efficiency and the pursuit of an optimal cigarette tax
3.4.1 Negative externalities associated with smoking
3.4.2 Other efficiency considerations
4.
Advertising, promotion, and the demand for tobacco products
4.1
Theoretical and conceptual issues
4.2
Econometric evidence
4.3
Findings from the non-economic literature
5.
Other
5.1
5.2
5.3
6.
Agricultural policy and the macroeconomic implications of tobacco
6.1
Size and nature of the tobacco industry
6.1.1 The global industry
6.1.2 The U.S. tobacco industry
6.2
The impact of the U.S. tobacco agriculture regulatory system
6.2.1 Nature of the system and its impact on tobacco farming
6.2.2 Relevance of the tobacco program to smoking and health
6.3
The contribution of the tobacco industry to the economy
6.3.1 States and nations
6.3.2 Tobacco farm communities
7.
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