Meta-analysis of alcohol price and income elasticities - with corrections for publication bias

Health Economics Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Nelson, Jon P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol demand; Health production; Meta analysis; Price elasticity; Publication bias

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; BEER; DATA BASE; ERROR; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WINE;

EID: 84971310270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-3-1     Document Type: Review

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