Another look at the identical tastes hypothesis on the analysis of cross-country alcohol data

Empirical Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 185-215

  Selvanathan, Saroja ^a,b   Selvanathan, Eliyathamby A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol taxation; Cross country comparisons; Demand elasticity; Identical tastes hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEMAND ELASTICITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 34247397408     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-006-0078-1     Document Type: Article

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