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@article{ART002204445},
author={김영직 and 정기덕 and CHO, MIN HYO},
title={Evaluating the Effectiveness of Increasing Tobacco Taxes},
journal={Korean Society and Public Administration},
issn={1225-8652},
year={2017},
volume={27},
number={4},
pages={31-52}

TY - JOUR
AU - 김영직
AU - 정기덕
AU - CHO, MIN HYO
TI - Evaluating the Effectiveness of Increasing Tobacco Taxes
JO - Korean Society and Public Administration
PY - 2017
VL - 27
IS - 4
PB - Seoul Association For Public Administration
SP - 31
EP - 52
SN - 1225-8652
AB - The purpose of this study is to evaluate that increasing tobacco taxes implemented in Korea in 2015 had impact on smoking and to further infer whether taxes are regressive or not from the analyses conducted separately in terms of income. Using data from the Korea Welfare Panel(2014-2015), this study divided 2,455 smokers into three groups by their disposable income. Results indicated that increasing tobacco taxes reduced 3.601 cigarettes a day for whole smokers and 3.284, 3.335, 4.225 cigarettes for each high-, middle-, low-income group. It showed that increasing tobacco taxes has positive effect on the decrease in smoking but it could be overestimated considering the amount of smoking had decreased every year. Findings also suggest that the amount of smoking decreased among three groups is not significantly different, about only 1 cigarette, even though each high- and middle-income group has nearly 3 times and 6 times more income than low-income group. We deduced that cigarette taxes placed a large net burden on the poor and were regressive. Further discussion on policy implications and limitations is provided.
KW - Increasing tobacco prices;Fixed effect model;Policy evaluation
DO -
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ER -

김영직, 정기덕 and CHO, MIN HYO. (2017). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Increasing Tobacco Taxes. Korean Society and Public Administration, 27(4), 31-52.

김영직, 정기덕 and CHO, MIN HYO. 2017, "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Increasing Tobacco Taxes", Korean Society and Public Administration, vol.27, no.4 pp.31-52.

김영직, 정기덕, CHO, MIN HYO "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Increasing Tobacco Taxes" Korean Society and Public Administration 27.4 pp.31-52 (2017) : 31.

김영직, 정기덕, CHO, MIN HYO. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Increasing Tobacco Taxes. 2017; 27(4), 31-52.

김영직, 정기덕 and CHO, MIN HYO. "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Increasing Tobacco Taxes" Korean Society and Public Administration 27, no.4 (2017) : 31-52.

김영직; 정기덕; CHO, MIN HYO. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Increasing Tobacco Taxes. Korean Society and Public Administration, 27(4), 31-52.

김영직; 정기덕; CHO, MIN HYO. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Increasing Tobacco Taxes. Korean Society and Public Administration. 2017; 27(4) 31-52.

김영직, 정기덕, CHO, MIN HYO. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Increasing Tobacco Taxes. 2017; 27(4), 31-52.

김영직, 정기덕 and CHO, MIN HYO. "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Increasing Tobacco Taxes" Korean Society and Public Administration 27, no.4 (2017) : 31-52.