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100	1		_aLEE, Kyusun _927843
245	1	0	_aThe social costs and benefits of smoking : _bmodeling and policy implications for South Korea
260			_aHong Kong : _bDepartment of Politics and Public Administration University of Hong Kong, _cJune 2006
520	3		_aAn economic rationale for anti-smoking regulation should lie in the costs of, as well as the benefits from, cigarette consumption. Yet social sentiment and government attitudes in dealing with this issue tend to emphasize the social costs of smoking, while inderrestimating or even ignoring the benefits from consuming tobacco. Using several specifications inmodeling a cigarette demand curve and subsequent statistical analyses, this article estimetes consumers' suplus from cigarette consumption in South Korea. The analysis shows that the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes is low and that the net social benefits fromsmoking after subtracting social costs can vary from negative to positive, depending on the model specification. If a low price elasticity of demand is to be upheld and if positive net social benefits are the case, price control by the Korean government through higher cigarette taxes will yield only a limited impact on the reduction of the smoking population
700	1		_aCHOI, Jin-Wook _927844
773	0	8	_tThe Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration _g28, 1, p. 77-94 _dHong Kong : Department of Politics and Public Administration University of Hong Kong, June 2006 _xISSN 0259-8272 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c19522 _d19522
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