Tobacco products such as bidi and cigarette, both of which are smoked, cater to different kinds of households in India … patterns, socio-economic distribution and the household choice of a variety of tobacco products across rural and urban India …. Using a Multinomial Logit Model, we analyze the choice behavior of a household in deciding whether and which tobacco …

The aim of this paper is to examine if tobacco consumption crowds-out consumption of basic needs and whether it has … whether preference over other commodities for tobacco users and non users vary significantly. Using a nationally … commodities by the status of tobacco consumption of households. Average per capita per diem intake of nutrients such as calorie …

The tax base of tobacco in India is found to be heavily depended on about fifteen per cent of the tobacco users who … represent cigarettes smokers. Non-cigarette tobacco products used by the majority of tobacco users are largely out of the tax … net. Analysis of the price elasticity of various tobacco products would bring out the potential of tax as an instrument to …

agricultural rationing, we first check if the model stands up to China's data from 1949-1992, we find that the importance of … consumption is also less than that of investment. Such findings are consistent with the reality of China. …

The employment shock of late 2008 in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) may have been a product of three different …

employment rate. Our illustrative application to China shows that gradually increasing the current low minimum age of retirement …

In the paper we discuss China's participation in both the 2009 Copenhagen negotiations on a post-Kyoto global climate … change regime currently under way and out beyond Copenhagen in further negotiations likely to follow. China is now both the …. In the Copenhagen negotiation, there will be strong pressure on China to take on emissions reduction commitments and …

The rise of China has major repercussions for a country such as Bangladesh which has emerged as an important player in … more than one player. Evidently, impact and implications of competition from China will have to be examined and scrutinized …