Legislation & Reaction from the Street
Published: 2017
Author(s) Name: Kaushik Roy |
Author(s) Affiliation: Asst. Prof. (Strategic Mgt. Group), Indian Institute of Mgt. Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Abstract
This paper analyzes the impact of
ban on smoking in public places
imposed by Government of India
on street vendors who sell cigarettes
for their livelihood. Semistructured
interviews formed the
research instrument and the five
vendors interviewed were geographically
spread across the
town of Anand and the city of
Ahmedabad. Results indicate that
those retailers who are at the
margin face a decline in their
sales, coupled with an increased
vulnerability to the rent seeking
behavior of law enforcing agencies.
Criminal activities as an alternative
source of livelihood is
suggested by vendors in case
their source of livelihood is
threatened, leading to the conclusion
that there are trade-offs
in common good associated with
legislations.
Keywords: N.A.
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