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<h2>The Cigarette Consumption Panel Data Set </h2>

<h3>Description</h3>


<p>a panel of 48 observations  from 1985  to 1995
</p>
<p><EM>number of observations</EM> :  528
</p>
<p><EM>observation</EM> :  regional
</p>
<p><EM>country</EM> :  United States
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(Cigarette)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A dataframe containing :
</p>

<dl>
<dt>state</dt><dd><p>state</p>
</dd>
<dt>year</dt><dd><p>year</p>
</dd>
<dt>cpi</dt><dd><p>consummer price index</p>
</dd>
<dt>pop</dt><dd><p>state population</p>
</dd>
<dt>packpc</dt><dd><p>number of packs per capita</p>
</dd>
<dt>income</dt><dd><p>state personal income (total, nominal)</p>
</dd>
<dt>tax</dt><dd><p>average state, federal, and average local excise taxes for fiscal year</p>
</dd>
<dt>avgprs</dt><dd><p>average price during fiscal year, including sales taxes</p>
</dd>
<dt>taxs</dt><dd><p>average excise taxes for fiscal year, including sales taxes</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Source</h3>


<p>Professor Jonhatan Gruber, MIT.
</p>


<h3>References</h3>


<p>Stock, James H.  and  Mark W.  Watson (2003) <EM>Introduction to Econometrics</EM>, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, <a href="http://wps.aw.com/aw_stockwatsn_economtrcs_1">http://wps.aw.com/aw_stockwatsn_economtrcs_1</a>, chapter 10.
</p>


<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>Index.Source</code>, <code>Index.Economics</code>, <code>Index.Econometrics</code>, <code>Index.Observations</code>,
</p>
<p><code>Index.Time.Series</code></p>


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