Montenegro Cigarette Brand Prices and Tax Pass-Through, 2010-2022

Monthly price data from 2010 to 2022 for 269 cigarette brands in Montenegro, used to analyze excise tax pass-through. The dataset was created by Mirjana Čizmović and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It supports research on tobacco industry pricing strategies and tax policy effectiveness.

Use Cases

• Modeling tax pass-through elasticity based on brand price segments mentioned in the description
• Analyzing cross-price subsidies between premium and low-cost cigarettes described in the study
• Investigating differential pricing strategies for slim versus standard cigarettes referenced in the findings

Strengths

• Data spans 12 years (2010-2022), providing a longitudinal view.
• Includes 269 distinct cigarette brands, suggesting a detailed market view.
• Analysis uses panel quantile regression and fixed-effects models, indicating a structured econometric approach.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small (9.5 KB), indicating limited scope or aggregated summary data.

Provenance

Source

Mirjana Čizmović

Collection Method

Likely compiled from market price data for research analysis.

Time Range

2010 to 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 17:25:21; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Montenegro