The perverse effect of sin taxes: The rise of illicit white cigarettes

Aparna Mathur (), Roger Bate and Cody Kallen
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Roger Bate: American Enterprise Institute
Cody Kallen: American Enterprise Institute

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Abstract: This paper analyzes whether taxes create a price wedge between legal and illicit cigarettes and thereby affect the availability and trade of illicit whites across markets.

Keywords: tax reform; cigarettes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-09
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