Zweifel, Peter (2004). Improved risk information, the demand for cigarettes, and anti-tobacco policy. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 23(3):299-303.
This paper purports to develop a simple microeconomic model designed to shed light on behavioral change induced by improved information about smoking risks. It predicts the conditions in which improved information indeed increases the demand for cigarettes. After recalling the economic rationale of an anti-tobacco policy, the article points out a few startling implications of improved information about the risks of smoking.
This paper purports to develop a simple microeconomic model designed to shed light on behavioral change induced by improved information about smoking risks. It predicts the conditions in which improved information indeed increases the demand for cigarettes. After recalling the economic rationale of an anti-tobacco policy, the article points out a few startling implications of improved information about the risks of smoking.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 03 Faculty of Economics > Department of Economics |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 330 Economics |
| Scopus Subject Areas: | Social Sciences & Humanities > Accounting
Social Sciences & Humanities > Finance Social Sciences & Humanities > Economics and Econometrics |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 28 October 2004 |
| Deposited On: | 11 Feb 2008 12:21 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2022 08:47 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| ISSN: | 0895-5646 |
| OA Status: | Closed |
| Publisher DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011829925205 |
Zweifel, Peter