Economic Research and Links
Impact of plain packaging on price and taxation
Critique of Padilla simulation of the impact of plain packaging on tobacco prices by economist Howard Reed. Use the following URL to download an Excel spreadsheet showing how taxes can be increased to counter potential falls in price. www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/PPpricedutysimulation.xls
Author: Howard Reed Published By: Published : 30/09/2011
HM Customs and Revenue
HMRC is responsible for collecting the bulk of tax revenue. HMRC also works with the UK Border Agency to strengthen the UK's frontiers and tackle illicit trade.
HM Treasury
The Treasury is responsible for formulating and implementing the UK Government's financial and economic policies.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies
The IFS is an independent organisation that aims to promote effective economic and social polices through rigorous analysis of their impact on individuals, families, firms and the public finances. The website contains information on UK tax rates.
Reuters Market
Reuters provides access to broker research on listed companies, plus standard Reuters format financial news. The research is intended to help investors choose stocks and reflects the risks faced by companies - a good way to gauge impact of campaigning issues on the market.
Calvert's Know What You Own
This is an ethical investment tool that allows the screening of individual funds for specific products or companies for ethical reasons. The tool can also be used to find out which institutional investors hold specific stocks and in which portfolios they are kept.
Corp Watch - Tobacco page
News articles and investigations by Corp Watch on the Tobacco industry.
Transnationale.org
Billed as a 'Corporation Observatory', Transnationale provides two excellent primary resources - listed companies and their global subsidiaries, and a comprehensive list of senior managers. The site also combines traditional market and company information with an ethical perspective. The main news pages comment on high profile corporate misconduct, while each company page contains information on suspected corruption, human rights abuses.
Curbing the Epidemic: Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control
Report by the World Bank on the economics of tobacco control. Outlines the global trends in tobacco use, the health consequences of smoking, measures to reduce the demand, supply of tobacco, the costs and consequences of tobacco control and an agenda for action. May 1999
Investment in tobacco control: state highlights 2001
Survey of US state expenditures and outcomes by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). This is a key document in justifying spending on tobacco control. Highlights abstracted by ASH.
Author: US Centre for Disease Control Published By: US Centre for Disease Control Published : 31/01/2001
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