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Evaluating South Africa’s Tobacco Control Initative: A Synthetic Control Approach

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  • Corné van Walbeek
  • Evan Blecher
  • Grieve Chelwa

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South Africa has since 1994 consistently and aggressively increased excise taxes on cigarettes in order to maintain a total tax burden of around 50% of the average retail selling price. The tax rises have translated into large increases in the inflation-adjusted price of cigarettes. For instance, the average real price per pack increased by 110% […]

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  • Corné van Walbeek & Evan Blecher & Grieve Chelwa, 2015. "Evaluating South Africa’s Tobacco Control Initative: A Synthetic Control Approach," Working Papers 566, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:566
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    Keywords

    Impact Evaluation; Other Macroeconomic Variables; Quantitative Methods; South Africa;
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    • C01 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Econometrics
    • C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
    • C40 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - General

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