Tobacco researchers have focused considerable attention on the evaluation of various mechanisms to control cigarette … presents estimates of the effects of tobacco excise taxes and laws restricting public smoking on the likelihood of current use … of different forms of tobacco (moist snuff and cigarettes) obtained from tobacco use data in the Current Population …

While the tobacco industry is among the most substantial and successful economic enterprises, tobacco consumption kills … more people than any other product. Economic analysis of tobacco product markets, particularly for cigarettes, has … health consequences of tobacco. The most significant example is the rapidly expanding and increasingly sophisticated body of …

Using commodity futures contract and spot prices, we estimate the incidence of the US ethanol subsidy accruing to corn … ethanol producers captured two-thirds of the subsidy, and suggestive evidence that a small portion of this benefit accrued to … or gasoline consumers captured any part of the subsidy. This paper contributes to understanding of biofuels markets and …

-Saharan Africa. We study the first randomized controlled trial of a government-implemented input subsidy program (ISP) in Africa. A … temporary subsidy for Mozambican maize farmers stimulates Green Revolution technology adoption and leads to increased maize … yields. Effects of the subsidy persist in later unsubsidized years. In addition, social networks of subsidized farmers …

We study the effect on nutrition of an exogenous increase in food grain subsidy in rural India resulting from a program … targeting the poor. Our analysis suggests that increase in income resulting from the food price subsidy changed consumption … subsidy to expenditures on non-food items. Estimates of the price effect of food price subsidy on the three measures of …

This study examined the impact of the 2009 federal tobacco excise tax increase on the use of cigarettes and smokeless … tobacco products among youth using the Monitoring the Future survey, a nationally representative survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th … increase, depending on model specifications, and the percentage of students who reported using smokeless tobacco products …

Recent litigation against major tobacco companies culminated in a Master Settlement Agreement' (MSA) under which the …

While much is known about the effects of prices and tobacco control policies on cigarette smoking, relatively little is … known about their impact on smokeless tobacco use. This paper addresses these issues using data on smokeless tobacco use by … adolescent males taken from the 1992, 1993, and 1994 Monitoring the Future Surveys. Site-specific smokeless tobacco tax data and …

This study analyzes the effects of tobacco excise tax changes on mortality due to heart disease, cancer, and asthma …