The Distributional Impacts of Cigarette Taxation in Bangladesh

The Distributional Impacts of Cigarette Taxation in Bangladesh

Despite the obvious positive health impacts of tobacco taxation, an argument raised against it is that poor households bear the burden of the increased prices because of their higher share of spending on tobacco. This note includes estimates of the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Del Carmen, Giselle, Fuchs, Alan, Genoni, Maria Eugenia
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
INEQUALITY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
TOBACCO TAX
TOBACCO PRICE
TAXATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/688821536776691954/The-Distributional-Impacts-of-Cigarette-Taxation-in-Bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30424

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/688821536776691954/The-Distributional-Impacts-of-Cigarette-Taxation-in-Bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30424

Similar Items