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Implications of raising cigarette excise taxes in Peru
Revista Panamericana de Salud PúblicaObjective To assess how raising cigarette excise taxes in Peru might impact cigarette consumption, and to determine if higher taxes would be regressive.
Martin Gonzalez-Rozada +1 more
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Income-elasticity of poultry meat consumption in metropolitan areas of Brazil
Scientia Agricola, 2002 Studies on the meat market behavior may result in interesting parameters for the market and public policy agents. The definition of the income-elasticity of poultry consumption enables the elaboration of prospective analysis on the potential demand of ...
Miriam Rumenos Piedade Bacchi +1 more
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Nutritional Aspects of Poverty among Casual Labourer Households in Shillong (India) [PDF]
In this paper we report our findings as to the extent of poverty among the casual labourers of Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and the second at ...
JW Lyngskor, SK Mishra
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract High aggregate levels of wildlife consumption in cities in Central Africa highlight the need for solutions that balance wildlife protection, local livelihoods and the relational values between people and nature. This study explores the impacts of demand‐ and supply‐side interventions on wild meat consumption through two randomized control ...
Abdoulaye Cisse +2 more
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Income Distribution and Poverty in a CGE Framework: A Proposed Methodology [PDF]
The paper discusses methodologies addressing income distribution and poverty in a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model framework, by describing how to link CGE results with household survey data to analyze income distribution and poverty ...
Sothea OUM
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The dynamics of wild and alternative meat consumption across Gabon, Central Africa
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Long‐term overharvesting of wild animals for their meat threatens wildlife and the people dependent on wild animal meat for their diets and incomes. Interventions to reduce wild meat consumption must be built upon a complete understanding of the roles of wild meat and its alternatives within food systems.
Joshua Bauld +14 more
wiley +1 more source
The Built-in Flexibility of Income and Consumption Taxes in New Zealand [PDF]
This paper provides estimates of individual and aggregate revenue elasticities of income and consumption taxes in New Zealand, based on the 2001 tax structure and expenditure patterns.
John Creedy, Norman Gemmell
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Polymer Composites, EarlyView.Biocomposites produced with agro‐industrial waste from castor hulls and pinewood bonded with urea‐formaldehyde adhesive, intended for application as thermal insulation in buildings. ABSTRACT The production of composite particleboards with agricultural waste has been the focus of many studies that aim to address environmental problems due to waste ...
Thamirys Andrade Lopes +7 more
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Estimating the Health Care Demand for Iran
Journal of Evidence Based Health Policy, Management & Economics, 2017 Background: When trying to estimate demand elasticity, it is important to first obtain an appropriate estimation of the demand function. One of the best methods for estimating the demand for healthcare services that is part of the household cost is the ...
Mina BaniAsad, HamidReza Horry
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Labor Supply Responses to the 1990s Japanese Tax Reforms [PDF]
The consumption-leisure choice model implies that an exogenous change in tax rates will induce a change in labor supply. This implication is expected to be important to labor supplied by secondary earners under a progressive tax system when spousal ...
Ken Yamada
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