Transnational Tobacco Company Influence on Tax Policy During Privatization of a State Monopoly: British American Tobacco and Uzbekistan | Zendy

Anna Gilmore | Zendy; Jeff Collin | Zendy; Joy Townsend | Zendy

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Transnational Tobacco Company Influence on Tax Policy During Privatization of a State Monopoly: British American Tobacco and Uzbekistan

Author(s) -

Anna Gilmore,

Jeff Collin,

Joy Townsend

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.078378

Subject(s) - excise , tobacco industry , state (computer science) , monopoly , competitor analysis , tax policy , consumption (sociology) , business , economics , investment (military) , economic policy , tax reform , international trade , market economy , political science , law , marketing , social science , algorithm , sociology , politics , computer science , macroeconomics

The International Monetary Fund encourages privatization of state-owned tobacco industries. Privatization tends to lower cigarette prices, which encourages consumption. This could be countered with effective tax policies. We explored how investment by British American Tobacco (BAT) influenced tax policy in Uzbekistan during privatization there.

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