Are Tobacco Taxes Really Regressive? : Evidence from Chile

Tobacco taxes are deemed regressive, because the poorest families tend to allocate larger shares of their budget to purchase tobacco. However, as taxes also discourage tobacco use, some of the most adverse effects, including higher medical expenses...

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Main Authors: Fuchs, Alan, Meneses, Francisco
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/919121488376958052/Are-tobacco-taxes-really-regressive-evidence-from-Chile
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26238