To measure how policy changes affect social welfare, economists typically look at how policies affect behavior, and use a formal model to infer welfare consequences from the behavioral responses. But when different models can map the same behavior to very different welfare impacts, it becomes hard to draw firm conclusions about many policies. An excellent example of this conundrum is the taxati...

BACKGROUND Childhood obesity prevalence remains high in the U.S., especially among racial/ethnic minorities and low-income populations. Federal policy is important in improving public health given its broad reach. Information is needed about federal policies that could reduce childhood obesity rates and by how much. PURPOSE To estimate the impact of three federal policies on childhood obesity...

In fiscal year 1970, U.S. federal cigarette tax revenues accounted for 13 percent of all federal excise tax collections and 1 percent of total federal budget receipts. By fiscal year 1980, federal cigarette tax revenues accounted for only 10 percent of all federal excise tax collections and only 0.5 percent of total federal budget receipts.’ In fiscal year 1970, U.S. state and local cigarette t...

Based on the panel data from 30 provincial capitals in China 2005 to 2019, level of green development China’s was measured using entropy value method, and their spatial distribution analyzed ArcGIS software. The impact excise tax technological innovation examined by constructing a dynamic Durbin model. This study shows that: (1) There are differences cities, with overall characteristics “east &...

This research aims to investigate the existence of excise tariff policies on tobacco products and enforcement illicit cigarettes as well control variable socioeconomic conditions household cigarette consumption in 34 provinces Indonesia. Using panel data from 2016-2019 with SUSENAS, BPS, Indonesian Directorate General Customs Excise. study applies a fixed-effect regression model estimate impact...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the legal arrangements regarding narcotics based on regulations in Indonesia, role customs and excise conducting surveillance prevent smuggling obstacles faced by Kualanamu Airport Middle Type Customs Excise Supervision Service Office supervising at Airport. research method used is empirical law, namely studying law that conceptualized as real behavior (...