This paper analyzes the effects of a ban on smoking in public places upon firms and consumers. It presents a … theoretical model and tests its predictions using unique data from before and after the introduction of smoking bans in the UK … smoking and non-smoking pubs (which can be operationalized via licensing). If the market equilibrium has almost all pubs …

This paper analyzes the welfare effects of a public smoking ban in bars. We construct a model that captures crucial … features of bar life: competing bars, social interaction, and heterogenous preferences for a smoking ban. Smokers and non … the smoking regime strategically. Since the (dis)utility from smoking and social interaction are substitutes, the smoking …