The Effect of the Interaction between Price and Time Preference on Cigarette Consumption among Pregnant Women

作     者：Yan Song Yan Song

作者机构：Department of EconomicsFinance and Global BusinessCotsakos College of BusinessWilliam Paterson UniversityWayneNJ 07470USA 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》 (中国高等学校学术文摘·经济学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2020年第15卷第2期

页      面：211-246页

学科分类：02[经济学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 1202[管理学-工商管理] 0201[经济学-理论经济学] 0701[理学-数学] 

主　　题：cigarette consumption price pregnant women Probit model interaction smoking cessation time preference 

摘      要：In this study,I explore smoking behavior among pregnant U.S.women using the 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.The key aspect of this study is the availability of smoking participation data before and during pregnancy.I consider the probabilities of smoking cessation while pregnant as the outcome.I find that pregnant women who smoke are less responsive to price changes when they are more future-oriented.Women who are more present-oriented are more likely to smoke and consume more cigarettes given that they smoke more than those who are future-oriented.Moreover,those who discount the future more heavily are more sensitive to the money price of cigarettes than those who are more future-oriented.I focus on the role of time preference and the interaction between time preference and price in determining these outcomes.