Impacts of the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 on Shareholders’ Wealth in the Tobacco Industry

Kelly J. Tiller, Shiferaw T. Feleke and Brian C. Carver

No 46835, 2009 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This study examines the impact and efficiency of the design of the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 in deregulating the tobacco production industry. Results offer a number of policy implications of which deregulation of an economically challenged industry can be achieved without the use of taxpayer funds.

Keywords: Tobacco Buyout; Tobacco Industry; Event Study; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009
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