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The impact of public smoking bans on well-being externalities: evidence from a natural experiment

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The impact of public smoking bans on well-being externalities: evidence from a natural experiment. / Yang, Miaoqing; Zucchelli, Eugenio.
Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2015. (Economics Working Paper Series; Vol. 2015, No. 14).

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Yang, M & Zucchelli, E 2015 'The impact of public smoking bans on well-being externalities: evidence from a natural experiment' Economics Working Paper Series, no. 14, vol. 2015, Lancaster University, Department of Economics, Lancaster.

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Yang, M., & Zucchelli, E. (2015). The impact of public smoking bans on well-being externalities: evidence from a natural experiment. (Economics Working Paper Series; Vol. 2015, No. 14). Lancaster University, Department of Economics.

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Yang M, Zucchelli E. The impact of public smoking bans on well-being externalities: evidence from a natural experiment. Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics. 2015. (Economics Working Paper Series; 14).

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Yang, Miaoqing ; Zucchelli, Eugenio. / The impact of public smoking bans on well-being externalities: evidence from a natural experiment. Lancaster : Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2015. (Economics Working Paper Series; 14).

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