The possible impact of an alcohol welfare surcharge on consumption of alcoholic beverages in Taiwan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yeh, Chun Yuan ^a   Ho, Li Ming ^b   Lee, Jie Min ^b   Hwang, Jhe Yo ^a  

^a OVERSEAS CHINESE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol prices; Price elasticity; Welfare surcharge on alcoholic drinks; Welfare surcharge revenues

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEER; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TAX; WINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; BEER; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; TAIWAN; TAXES; WINE;

EID: 84884176663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-810     Document Type: Article

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