The Gorbachev Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Russia's mortality crisis

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 232-260

  Bhattacharya, Jay ^a,b   Gathmann, Christina ^c,d   Miller, Grant ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d CESifo and Institute for the Study of Labor   (Germany)

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EID: 84878966845     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.5.2.232     Document Type: Article

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