Estimating cigarette demand in the Philippines: A dynamic panel approach

Some provisions in the sin tax law of 2013 raise questions about its efficiency. Having an equal price for all brands of cigarettes may be inefficient for the government in the long run. Using the data gathered to estimate the demand curve and elasticity for low and high priced cigarettes, we will b...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cantor, George Clinton K., Chianpian, Cleo Larousse L., Tumpalan, Janel Frea T.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Animo Repository 2014
Subjects:
Online Access:https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/11374
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: De La Salle University
Language: English
Description
Summary:Some provisions in the sin tax law of 2013 raise questions about its efficiency. Having an equal price for all brands of cigarettes may be inefficient for the government in the long run. Using the data gathered to estimate the demand curve and elasticity for low and high priced cigarettes, we will be able to properly recommend policies based from our results. The researchers discovered that implementing a uniform tax rate on all price groups of cigarettes would not be efficient in the long run.