Alternative panel estimates of alcohol demand, taxation, and the business cycle

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 325-344

  Freeman, Donald G ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034360259     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061473     Document Type: Article

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