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Tobacco and alcohol: complements or substitutes? A structural model approach
(Tabac et alcool : compléments ou substituts ? Une approche par un modèle structurel)
Auteur(s) :
TAUCHMANN, H. ;
GOHLMANN, S. ;
REQUATE, T. ;
SCHMIDT, C. M.
Année
2008
Page(s) :
36 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ALCOOL
;
ECONOMETRIE
;
TABAC
;
CONSOMMATION
;
SUBSTITUTION
;
PRIX
;
MODELE STATISTIQUE
Thésaurus géographique
ALLEMAGNE
Note générale :
Résumé :
The question of whether two drugs namely alcohol and tobacco are used as complements or substitutes is of crucial interest if side-effects of anti-smoking policies are considered. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by estimating demand systems for alcohol and tobacco and subsequently calculating cross-price effects. However, this traditional approach often is seriously hampered by insufficient price-variation observed in survey data. We therefore suggest an alternative instrumental variables approach that statistically mimics an experimental study and does not rely on prices as explanatory variables. This approach is applied to German survey data. Our estimation results suggest that a reduction in tobacco consumption results in a moderate reduction in alcohol consumption. It is shown theoretically that this implies that alcohol and tobacco are complements. Hence, we conclude that successful anti-smoking policies will not result in the unintended side-effect of an increased (ab)use of alcohol. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Allemagne. Germany.
Cote :
E00810