Impact of Italian smoking ban on business activity of restaurants, cafés and bars

Luca Pieroni, P. Daddi and Luca Salmasi

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 121, issue 1, 70-73

Abstract: We estimate the economic impact of the Italian smoking ban of 2005 on the catering sector using a quasi-experimental design. Our study indicates that the Italian smoking ban had a slight negative impact on sales of cafés and restaurants but had no effect on profits, earnings, or employment.

Keywords: Smoking ban; Difference-in-differences; Café and restaurant revenues (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.07.008

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