Montenegro Cigarette Prices and Excise Tax Pass-Through, 2010–2022

Mirjana Čizmović's dataset contains monthly price data from 2010 to 2022 for 269 cigarette brands in Montenegro. The data underpins a study analyzing the pass-through of excise tax increases to consumer prices across different market segments. The dataset is available in XLS format under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling tax pass-through elasticity based on monthly price data for 269 brands.
• Analyzing pricing strategies between premium and low-cost cigarette segments.
• Investigating cross-price subsidies and affordability of slim cigarettes mentioned in the study.

Strengths

• Covers a 13-year monthly time series from 2010 to 2022.
• Includes price data for 269 distinct cigarette brands.
• Data is directly linked to a published research analysis using panel quantile regression and fixed-effects models.

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 at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope or highly aggregated data.

Provenance

Source

Mirjana Čizmović via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely collected from market or official sources, as described in the accompanying research.

Time Range

2010 to 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 17:25:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Montenegro