The Institute of Economic Research of the Slovak Academy of Sciences is pleased to invite you to another Empirical Seminar, this time in the field of public finance. The invitation has been accepted by Jovan Zubovič (Institute of Economic Sciences, Serbia), who will present research aimed at estimating the size of the illicit tobacco market and identifying the main determinants of related tax evasion activities in Southeast Europe.

Date: January 25, 2024 (Thursday), 11.00 a.m. (CET).
Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3aN1DbFP4xWw8up59Qx5Y-CJmz8Q-Y4jniJZWjqs6Q9RA1%40thread.tacv2/1705481075475?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2217c92093-1286-4bb4-b6ea-02f3119dd49c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22dab7fd44-1715-4397-8059-4adfa112d04a%22%7d

See the extended abstract. The workshop will be organized in a hybrid form - for those interested, the speaker and a couple of discussants will be present in the library of our Institute.

AUTHOR: Jovan Zubovič
TITLE: Estimating Local and cross border tobacco evasion and avoidance in WB countries
ABSTRACT: In our study, we assessed the size and specifics of the illicit manufactured cigarette (MC) and hand-rolled (HR) tobacco market in Western Balkan countries including, the size of the illicit MC and HR tobacco market, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of consumers of illicit MC and HR tobacco, places of purchase of tobacco products, and compliance with specific tobacco product labelling requirements.