The economic impact of Swiss smoking bans on the hospitality sector

Joachim Marti and Jörg Schläpfer
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Joerg Schlaepfer

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 124, issue 1, 136-139

Abstract: Analysing administrative sales data in a quasi-experimental framework, we show that smoking bans did not impact the economic activity of bars and restaurants in Switzerland. However, we find some evidence of a negative impact on sales in discos.

Keywords: Smoking bans; Economic impact; Policy evaluation; Difference-in-differences; Switzerland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C4 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.05.007

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