Fiscal and Externality Rationales for Alcohol Policies

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Parry, Ian W H ^a   West, Sarah E ^b   Laxminarayan, Ramanan ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol tax; Drunk driver penalty; External costs; Fiscal effects; Welfare effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949112421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2133     Document Type: Article

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