You save money when you buy in bulk: Does volume-based pricing cause people to buy more beer?

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 607-618

  Bray, Jeremy W ^a   Loomis, Brett R ^a   Engelen, Mark ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brand substitution; Price elasticity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BEER; COMMERCE; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MOTIVATION; PRODUCT PACKAGING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67149131582     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1403     Document Type: Article

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