We consider the likely revenue effect of an increase in the cigarette excise tax rate in West Virginia. We begin with a consideration of the existing literature on how US state cigarette excise tax policy affects cigarette consumption and cross-border cigarette shopping. Second, we examine 80 cigarette excise tax increases that have occurred in the US since 2000. There we find a wide range of r...

Globally, over 400 million tons of biomass are burned in agricultural fires for management purposes each year, substantially affecting air quality (Korontzi et al., Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2006; 20; Yevich & Logan, 2003; 17). Rangel and Vogl (Review Economics Statistics 2019; 101:616–630) provide evidence that Brazil cause large declines newborn health downwind communities. We replicate th...