What U.S. data should be used to measure the price elasticity of demand for alcohol?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 851-862

  Ruhm, Christopher J ^a   Jones, Alison Snow ^b   McGeary, Kerry Anne ^c   Kerr, William C ^d   Terza, Joseph V ^e   Greenfield, Thomas K ^d   Pandian, Ravi S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Beer drinking; Price elasticities; Scanner data

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DEMAND ELASTICITY; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELASTICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONEY; ORGANIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BEER; COMMERCE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866536358     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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