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dc.contributor.authorTauchmann, Haralden
dc.contributor.authorGöhlmann, Siljaen
dc.contributor.authorRequate, Tillen
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Christoph M.en
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-09-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:33:49Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:33:49Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008032613en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35119-
dc.description.abstractThe question of whether two drugs - namely alcohol and tobacco - are used as complements or substitutes is of crucial interest if side-effects of anti-smoking policies are considered. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by estimating demand systems for alcohol and tobacco and subsequently calculating cross-price effects. However, this traditional approach often is seriously hampered by insufficient price-variation observed in survey data. We therefore suggest an alternative instrumental variables approach that statistically mimics an experimental study and does not rely on prices as explanatory variables. This approach is applied to German survey data. Our estimation results suggest that a reduction in tobacco consumption results in a moderate reduction in alcohol consumption. It is shown theoretically that this implies that alcohol and tobacco are complements. Hence, we conclude that successful anti-smoking policies will not result in the unintended side-effect of an increased (ab)use of alcohol.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3412en
dc.subject.jelC31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordComplements or substitutesen
dc.subject.keywordinterdependence in consumptionen
dc.subject.keywordtobacco and alcoholen
dc.subject.keywordinsufficient price-variationen
dc.subject.keywordinstrumental variables approachen
dc.subject.stwDrogenkonsumen
dc.subject.stwRauchenen
dc.subject.stwAlkoholkonsumen
dc.subject.stwKonsuminterdependenzen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleTobacco and alcohol: complements or substitutes? ; a structural model approach-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn577259660en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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