Table 2.

Summary Statistics of Price Variability measures, Tax Structure and Other Covariates, 17 ITC countries

N=78	Description	Mean	S.E.
Price variability measured using $\frac{\mathit{\text{price difference}}}{\mathit{\text{median price}}}$
(75%–25%)/50%	The difference between 75 and 25 percentiles of the price distribution divided by the median price.	0.293	0.049
(90%–10%)/50%	The difference between 90 and 10 percentiles of the price distribution divided by the median price.	0.686	0.078
(95%–5%)/50%	The difference between 95 and 5 percentiles of the price distribution divided by the median price.	0.996	0.138
(99%–1%)/50%	The difference between 99 and 1 percentiles of the price distribution divided by the median price.	1.673	0.264
Indicators
Specific Uniform	Indicator equals 1 if the country applies purely specific excises in a uniform rate, 0 otherwise	0.436	0.141
Specific Tiered	Indicator equals 1 if the country applies purely specific excises in differential rates, 0 otherwise	0.028	0.021
Ad valorem uniform	Indicator equals 1 if the country applies purely ad valorem excises in a uniform rate, 0 otherwise	0.092	0.066
Ad valorem Tiered	Indicator equals 1 if the country applies purely ad valorem excises in different rates, 0 otherwise	0.042	0.043
Mixed Uniform	Indicator equals 1 if the country applies specific & ad valorem excises in a uniform rate, 0 otherwise	0.326	0.113
Mixed Tiered	Indicator equals 1 if the country applies specific & ad valorem excises with differential rates, 0 otherwise	0.078	0.059
EU	Indicator equals 1 if EU members, 0 otherwise	0.256	0.123
Tiered	Indicator equals 1 if the country applies excises with differential rates, 0 otherwise	0.199	0.095
Sub-national taxes	Indicator equals 1 if India, Canada or the US, 0 otherwise	0.218	0.128
Continuous Controls
Per cent specific	The share or percentage of specific component among total excise taxes, and rescaled to percentage points by multiplying 100.	63.48	9.902

All statistics are adjusted for correlation within the same country over years. “sub-national taxes” is a dummy for India, Canada, the US where states or provinces have jurisdiction on cigarette excise taxes and cigarettes can be sold without excise taxes in First Nations/Indian reservations

EU, European Union; ITC, International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation.