This paper analyzes the welfare and distributional impacts of increasing taxes on cigarettes in Georgia. Increasing taxes on tobacco is an effective measure to reduce smoking. According to some estimates, increasing tobacco taxes could save more than GEL 3.6 billion and 53 thousand lives over a 15-year period. However, concerns over potentially regressive effects on the poor are often raised. An Extended Cost Benefit Analysis (ECBA) is applied to...
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2020/01/29
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS9130
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2020/01/29
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Disclosed
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Taxing Tobacco in Georgia : Welfare and Distributional Gains of Smoking Cessation
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International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases