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Consumption of Tobacco and Alcoholic Beverages Among Spanish Consumers
Southwestern Economic Review
  • Justo Manrique, University of Houston, Downtown
  • Helen H. Jensen, Iowa State University
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Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2004
Abstract

The joint selection and purchase of alcohol and tobacco in Spain is modeled using bivariate probit and endogenous switching regression analysis to account for the interaction between drinking and smoking. Different expenditure structures for tobacco and alcohol arise when one or both are consumed. Endogenous switching among structures exists because households are not randomly assigned. The results show that the correlation term of the selection equations and most correction terms for selfselectivity bias are statistically significant. The results also show that income and household demographic variables are important determinants of both selection and expenditures on tobacco and alcohol.

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This article is from Southwestern Economic Review 31 (2004): 41. Posted with permission.

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Southwestern Society of Economists
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en
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Citation Information
Justo Manrique and Helen H. Jensen. "Consumption of Tobacco and Alcoholic Beverages Among Spanish Consumers" Southwestern Economic Review Vol. 31 Iss. 1 (2004) p. 41 - 56
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/helen-jensen/166/