Tobacco consumption and taxation in Italy: An application of the QUAIDS model

Andrew Michael Jones; M G Mazzi

Tobacco consumption and taxation in Italy: An application of the QUAIDS model

Economics

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Abstract

Estimates are presented of the demand for tobacco in Italy in the context of a demand system approach. The grouping of goods is based on Varian's non-parametric test for weak separability. The parametric demand model is Banks, Blundell and Lewbel's QUAIDS model, which combines the empirical flexibility of quadratic logarithmic Engel curves with integrability. Estimation is by iterative GMM procedure. The estimates are used in an analysis of welfare-improving tax reforms which incorporates distributional data. The results are discussed with respect to the special features of the Italian tobacco market.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	595-603
Number of pages	9
Journal	Applied Economics
Volume	28
Issue number	5
Publication status	Published - May 1996

Keywords

DEMAND
REFORM

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