Table 2.
Own-and cross-price elasticity of demand for e-cigarettes and cigarettes, 2012–2017 Nielsen Retail Scanner data in California.
Disposable e-cigarette sales | Reusable e-cigarette sales | Cigarette sales | ||||
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Eq. (1) |
Eq. (2) |
Eq. (3) |
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Coefficient | P | Coefficient | P | Coefficient | P | |
Own price elasticity | −0.37 | 0.04 | −0.20 | 0.00 | −0.21 | 0.04 |
Cross-price elasticity | ||||||
Cigarette price (log) | 0.50 | 0.11 | 1.74 | 0.00 | ||
Disposable e-cigarette price (log) | −0.21 | 0.42 | 0.01 | 0.84 | ||
Reusable e-cigarette price (log) | 0.14 | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0.61 | ||
Year | ||||||
2012 (reference) | ||||||
2013 | 0.34 | <0.0001 | 0.76 | <0.0001 | −0.05 | 0.05 |
2014 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.50 | 0.02 | −0.13 | 0.01 |
2015 | −0.09 | 0.70 | 0.56 | 0.12 | −0.10 | 0.21 |
2016 | 0.20 | 0.63 | 0.74 | 0.22 | −0.11 | 0.42 |
2017 | 0.48 | 0.34 | 1.33 | 0.08 | −0.01 | 0.95 |
Quarter | ||||||
1 (reference) | ||||||
2 | 0.03 | 0.53 | −0.09 | 0.26 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
3 | −0.02 | 0.72 | −0.02 | 0.83 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
4 | −0.05 | 0.54 | 0.12 | 0.36 | 0.01 | 0.64 |
Market | ||||||
Los Angeles (reference) | ||||||
Sacramento | −0.01 | 0.75 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.40 | <0.0001 |
San Diego | −0.24 | <0.0001 | −0.08 | 0.27 | −0.08 | <0.0001 |
San Francisco | 0.12 | 0.02 | −0.05 | 0.51 | 0.14 | <0.0001 |
SFAL index | −0.03 | 0.76 | −0.23 | 0.09 | −0.03 | 0.33 |