Reservations. The regime change represents a unique opportunity to quantify brand loyalty because it almost doubled the price of … premium-brand cigarettes, while Native brands were still untaxed. We use data from two different sources--the New York State … three-quarters remained brand loyal …

Drug copayment coupons to reduce patient cost-sharing have become nearly ubiquitous for high-priced brand …

determinants of the youth smoking decision. We explore four aspects of this decision. First, we consider the demographic correlates … youth; indeed, increasingly over time youth smoking is taking place among white, suburban youth with college educated … 25 and 50% of the rise in youth smoking in the 1990s will persist into adulthood for this cohort; rough calculations …

After steadily declining over the previous 15 years, youth smoking began to rise precipitously in 1992, and by 1997 had … policies on youth smoking in the 1990s, drawing on three separate data sets. I find that the most important policy determinant … of youth smoking, particularly among older teens, is prices. Prices are a significant and sizeable determinant of smoking …

removal, youth are twice as likely to be charged with an illicit income-generating offense than they are to maintain steady …

trials of summer youth employment programs in Chicago and Philadelphia to demonstrate how multiple experiments can help …; youth at higher risk of socially costly outcomes experience larger benefits. Identifying more interventions that combine …