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Fritz Laux

Fritz Laux is professor of economics at Northeastern State University. He was previously a visiting assistant professor of economics at the
University of Illinois at Chicago. Earlier in his career, he was an operations research analyst with General Dynamics and the Defense Analysis Corp. 

He received his bachelor's from the University of Virginia, his MBA from the University of Cincinnati, and his PhD in economics from the University of Maryland. 

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The economic impact of smoke-free air laws on the restaurant and hospitality industries

Fritz Laux Oct 17, 2018

The puzzling lack of economic impacts One focus in the analysis of smoke-free air (SFA) laws has been on measuring the impact smoking bans have on the restaurant and hospitality industries. The overwhelming or “consensus” result of this research is that bans impose no adverse impact on industry revenues and employment levels (Scollo et al., ... The economic impact of smoke-free air laws on the restaurant and hospitality industries

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