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The Demand for Cigarettes in Japan
Author(s) -
Haden Kim
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1242347
Subject(s) - habit , rest (music) , economics , demographic economics , psychology , medicine , social psychology , cardiology
A two‐stage budgeting procedure was used to estimate demand elasticities for cigarettes in Japan. Cigarettes were disaggregated into Japanese, U.S., and rest‐of‐world. Testing for habit effects was performed at both stages. Results indicated that habit effects occur for total expenditures on cigarettes but not between types.