Der vorliegende Beitrag fasst die Argumente für eine Legalisierung von Cannabis zusammen und macht Vorschläge zur …This article summarises the arguments in favour of legalising cannabis and makes proposals for the design of the … regulatory framework. The main argument for a regulated cannabis market is not the expected tax revenues or the legal jobs that …

counterfactuals. We illustrate our findings via simulations and an application to the Washington marijuana market. Testing conduct …

city in California taxes medical marijuana, by counting plants or square footage of cultivated area? What about license …Any scheme to legalize marijuana that has a chance of enactment will tax the stuff. But how? Like tobacco, based on … revenue when localities opt into or out of legalization? Where in the supply chain should governments collect tax? How could …

While the empirical literature on smoking bans is extensive, little theory has been developed. This paper examines the … welfare impact of smoking bans in an economy where smokers’ utility is reduced by a workplace/public place ban. The government …. Its ability to reduce smoking through taxation is limited by a black market where cigarettes are not taxed. We show that …

This paper studies the relationship between Colombia's legal cigarette sales, smuggling, and tobacco taxes. Exploring … first the impact taxes have on legal and illegal cigarettes, we find that taxes correlate negatively to legal sales and … positively with illicit sales. Second, estimating a demand model for cigarettes, we conclude that smuggling relates negatively to …