Quasi-experimental price elasticity of liquor demand in the united states: 1960-83

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 451-454

  Baltagi, Badi H ^a   Goel, Rajeev K ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootlegging; Liquor demand; Quasi experimental price elasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011968937     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1242348     Document Type: Article

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