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Consumption Curtailing or Brand Switching? Exploring the Adaptation Strategy of Tobacco Smokers in the face of Taxation in Sylhet Metropolitan Area
Corresponding Author : Monir Uddin Ahmed (monir-eco@sust.edu)
Abstract :
This study estimates the effect of tobacco taxes on cigarette consumption in the Sylhet Metropolitan Area given the smokers’ choice set of either reducing the quantity of cigarette consumption or sacrificing quality of tastes by switching into low price cigarette brands or both. To examine these preferences, we contemplate three different scenarios of consumer responses. Imprimis, we investigate whether the association between cigarette consumption curtailing decision and brand switching behaviour are simultaneous or sequential when facing a tax hike…
Morality in Economics
Corresponding Author : Mustafa K. Mujeri (mujeri48@gmail.com)
Abstract :
Since the beginning, economics and morality had a troubled relationship. Morality is a body of standards or principles that a person believes should be universal; and is synonymous with ‘goodness’ or ‘rightness’ (Dworkin, 2000; Elster, 1983; Elster and Roemer, 1991). On the other hand, economics is about translating individual ‘selfishness’ into general wealth (Marshall, 1920). Both moral and economic analyses quickly become complex and the key is to identify the linking variables for integrating the two fields. In reality,…
Education and Food Consumption Patterns: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Indonesia
Corresponding Author : Mohammad Rafiqul Islam (rafiqieco@gmail.com)
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How does education induce to cousume healthy food bundles is an important policy issue for developing countries. Applying the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) 2014, we estimate the returns of food consumption to education and investigate if more educated individuals tend to consume healthier bundles than less-educated individuals do. We implement the Expected Outcome Methodology, which is similar to Average Treatment on The Treated (ATT) conceptualized by Angrist and Pischke (2009). We find that education tends to tilt consumption…
Policy Impact on Food Price in South Asian Countries
Corresponding Author : Nazmunnesa Bakth (sumisust2002@gmail.com)
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Food price fluctuations pose grave danger to developing countries with people having high responsiveness of food demand to income, with consistent supply bottlenecks in food industry hampering food security, with governments fearing political unrest, and with trade restrictions threatening quick solutions to food crisis. The risk of endangering already vulnerable people to lower food consumption, the will to smooth tenure of the ruling party and the lack of capability to handle any food crisis force governments of such countries…
How Road Connectivity affects Access to Healthcare in Rural Meghalaya?
Corresponding Author : Utpal Kumar De (utpalkde@gmail.com)
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This paper addressed the impact of road connectivity on the accessibility to healthcare services by people of remote villages of Meghalaya, India. Primary data were collected from the rural areas of Meghalaya where scattered villagers face varied connectivity to different desired destinations, particularly to health and education centres. Then various health indicators are related with the road development index across the villages. The results revealed that households in villages with good road network have better access to healthcare centres…
Social Protection Floor for the Elderly in Bangladesh: A Needs Assessment for Old Age Allowance Beneficiaries
Corresponding Author : Mohammad Abdul Hannan Pradhan (hannan-eco@sust.edu)
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The objective of the study is to estimate the financial capacity and needs of the Old Age Allowance (OAL) beneficiaries in Sylhet district of Bangladesh and to identify potential financial care providers employing a quantitative method based on primary data. Data was collected randomly surveying more than six hundred beneficiaries with structured questionnaire during allowance receiving time.The financial capacity of the grant is explained by the ratio of the international and local poverty line using Cost of Basic Need…
Energy Intensity, Sectoral Growth, and Sustainable Development: Bangladesh Perspective
Corresponding Author : M. Zakir Saadullah Khan (zskbd@yahoo.com)
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The central goal of sustainable development is to increase the material standards of living in the nations, and it is likely to be accompanied by a substantial increase in their energy use. Use of more energy resources to support high development activities negatively affects the environment. With the increasing use of energy for an increase in GDP, efficient use of energy will help energy conservation and reduce environmental degradation. This paper attempts to examine changes in sectoral patterns of…
Impacts of the Major Promotional Safety Net Programs in Bangladesh: A Quantitative Assessment for Graduation from Poverty
Corresponding Author : Dr. Md. Zakir Hossain (mzhossain.bds@gmail.com)
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In Bangladesh, the social safety net programs (SSNPs) are working with two approaches - protecting the poor people from severe vulnerable conditions and upgrading the poor from poverty. The study aimed to evaluate the achievement of household’s economic indicators because of benefits received from the selected promotional SSNPs in Bangladesh. Based on the data collected from 600 beneficiary and 300 non-beneficiary households covering 30 rural clusters, the study has employed difference-in-difference (DID) method in addition to case-control and before-after comparison…
Desistance from Crime: An Empirical Study of Crime Behavior of Released Male Prisoners in Bangladesh
Corresponding Author : Khairul Chowdhury (kchowdhury@du.ac.bd)
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Why do some offenders repeat offenses while others refrain from committing a further crime? This paper addresses the question within the integrative criminological approach that combines ontogenic and sociogenic factors of desistance into a single theoretical framework. It uses logistic regression to test how age – the most important ontogenic factor – and several sociogenic factors explain the chances of desistance of 62 male prisoners released from Tangail Central Jail in 2010 and surveyed in 2018. The empirical model finds…
Impact of Covid-19 on the Aviation Industry: A Comparison between South Asian and Other Asian Regions
Corresponding Author : Md Gias Uddin Khan (khangias33@gmail.com)
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One of the most affected global industries due to the COVID-19 pandemic is the Aviation Industry. Interestingly, at the same time, the Aviation Industry is also responsible for spreading the virus globally. The immediate effect is evident as Asian, European, and American carriers’ revenues are in free fall as travel restrictions mount. On 5 March, the Air Transport Association (IATA) projected a deadly hit on the global aviation industry up to $113 billion in 2020 which is one-fifth of 2019’s…