Assessing patterns of alcohol taxes produced by various types of excise tax methods-a simulation study

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 639-646

  Sornpaisarn, Bundit ^a,b   Kaewmungkun, Chuthaporn ^c   Rehm, Jürgen ^b,d,e  

^a Thai Health Promotion Foundation Bangkok   (Thailand)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c Center for Alcohol Studies   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GOVERNMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAX; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; TAXES;

EID: 84946725939     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agv065     Document Type: Article

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