Naslov
Illegal tobacco demand: The case of Western Balkan

Autori
Recher, Vedran

Izvornik
Economic Analysis and Policy (0313-5926) 66 (2020); 182-193

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Smuggling Tobacco Logit Western Balkans

Sažetak
This paper investigates tobacco smuggling in the Western Balkans, a region notorious as the main smuggling route for Western European countries. Data from a large-scale nationally representative survey from seven Western Balkan countries are used to explore smoking habits, attitudes about the illicit market, and characteristics of smokers associated with illicit market demand. Our results show that, while there are substantial differences between countries in the prevalence of illicit market purchases, the attitudes of people across countries are not dissimilar. The logit model is estimated to analyse the characteristics of illicit market buyers. The results show that purchasing on the illicit market can best be predicted by variables approximating people’s social status. People with lower income and higher levels of addiction are more likely to buy illegal tobacco.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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