The effectiveness of tobacco taxation on university students : an empirical study on Singapore’s February 2018 tax hike

• Main Authors: Lim, Eugenia Hui Jie, Wong, Priya Wan Qi, Theng, Alicia Cui Mei
• Other Authors: Leong Kaiwen
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Economic theory::Microeconomics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139123
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Taxes are part of Singapore’s multi-pronged approach in curbing cigarette consumption. Becker and Murphy’s Rational Addiction Model implied that taxes are effective in curbing cigarette consumption among younger individuals. This paper seeks to test the empirical validity of this implication on u...