Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-5664-3230 and Maennig, Wolfgang
(2010)
Impact of non-smoking ordinances on hospitality revenues: the case of Germany.
Jahrbücher Für NationalöKonomie und Statistik, 230 (5).
pp. 506-521.
ISSN 0021-4027
Abstract
Non-smoking ordinances are among the most popular albeit controversial public health-care legislations worldwide. This article provides an empirical assessment of the impact of non-smoking ordinances on bar and restaurant revenues in German Federal States. By application of a standard panel regression approach and a quasi-experimental research design, we find no compelling evidence for a significant impact of the introduction as well as the weakening of the legislation on revenues of bars and restaurants. Consumption pattern has either not changed at all or any reduction in spending by smokers is compensated for by a corresponding increase by non-smokers. These findings support the German – and similar – non-smoking legislations in the sense that positive externalities resulting from reduced health care cost are likely to outweigh the risk to businesses in the hospitality sector.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.jbnst.de/en/index.php |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory D History General and Old World > DD Germany |
| JEL classification: | K - Law and Economics > K3 - Other Substantive Areas of Law > K32 - Environmental, Health, and Safety Law I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2010 09:09 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 22:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/29071 |
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