Abstract:
We use panel data on advertising expenditures to check the influence of tobacco advertising bans on the advertising industry. We find no clear evidence of a negative effect of tobacco bans on total per capita advertising expenditures.
Keywords:Tobacco; advertising; ban (search for similar items in EconPapers) JEL-codes:H83 (search for similar items in EconPapers) New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-mic and nep-mkt Date: 2008-01 Note: Under review in Economic Letters