Cigarette               package:Ecdat               R Documentation

_T_h_e _C_i_g_a_r_e_t_t_e _C_o_n_s_u_m_p_t_i_o_n _P_a_n_e_l _D_a_t_a _S_e_t

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     a panel of 48 observations  from 1985  to 1995

     _number of observations_ :  528

     _observation_ :  regional

     _country_ :  United States

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(Cigarette)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A dataframe containing :

     _s_t_a_t_e state

     _y_e_a_r year

     _c_p_i consummer price index

     _p_o_p state population

     _p_a_c_k_p_c number of packs per capita

     _i_n_c_o_m_e state personal income (total, nominal)

     _t_a_x average state, federal, and average local excise taxes for
          fiscal year

     _a_v_g_p_r_s average price during fiscal year, including sales taxes

     _t_a_x_s average excise taxes for fiscal year, including sales taxes

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Professor Jonhatan Gruber, MIT.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Stock, James H.  and  Mark W.  Watson (2003) _Introduction to
     Econometrics_, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, <URL:
     http://wps.aw.com/aw_stockwatsn_economtrcs_1>.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'Index.Books', 'Index.Economics', 'Index.Econometrics',
     'Index.Observations', 'Index.Time.Series'

