Pricing and taxation of alcohol: What is the 'right' tax rate? Comment on chapter 6: Pricing and taxation

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1356-1357

  Cook, Philip J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; CONSUMER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOTE; POLICY; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK FACTOR; TAX;

EID: 0142061664     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00515.x     Document Type: Note

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