A study on the purchase likelihoods & expenditure Patterns of selected household items in Malaysia.

dc.contributor.author	Khee Guan, Andrew Tan
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-27T07:06:59Z
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-27T07:07:20Z
dc.date.available	2017-09-27T07:06:59Z
dc.date.available	2017-09-27T07:07:20Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.description.abstract	A number of studies have examined alcohol and cigarette consumption, but none have explored demand for both products simultaneously even though consumption decisions are likely often related. The present study uses microdata from the 2009/20 I 0 Malaysian Household Expenditure Survey. A novel bivariate Tobit model that accounts for error heteroscedasticity is used to estimate Malaysian consumers' decisions to purchase cigarettes and alcohol and amount spent for each. The results indicate that household income and regional location, and the age, gender, education level and occupation type of the household head are associated with consumption decisions and expenditure levels, with some variation by ethnic group, suggesting the importance of these characteristics in policy deliberations to reduce consumption.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4700
dc.subject	Alcohol	en_US
dc.subject	bivariate Tobit	en_US
dc.subject	Cigarettes	en_US
dc.subject	household expenditures	en_US
dc.title	A study on the purchase likelihoods & expenditure Patterns of selected household items in Malaysia.	en_US
dc.type	Technical Report	en_US