Price

Alcohol taxes and mark-ups in control states, are a way for governments to raise money to offset the societal cost and harm of alcohol use and are generally well-supported by the public. Minimum unit pricing and setting the price floor in control states has also been found to be an effective public health intervention when applied along with taxes, but this policy has not been tried in the U.S. Such strategies are found to increase alcohol prices, lower consumption and reduce alcohol-related harms such as drinking and driving, crime, violence and premature deaths.

Public Opinion and Policy
Consumption & Consumer Choice
Mortality and Morbidity
Alcohol Price and Other Drugs
Government Control
  1. Decreased Taxation, Spirits Consumption and Alcohol-Related Problems in Switzerland
    Mohler-Kuo M, Rehm J, Heeb JL, Gmel G. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 65(2), 266-273.
    Date: 2004 (archived)
  2. The Effect of the Tobacco Settlement and Smoking Bans on Alcohol Consumption
    Picone GA, Sloan F, Trogdon JG. Health Economics. 13(10), 1063-1080.
    Date: 2004 (archived)
  3. A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Alcohol, Amphetamine, Cocaine and Ecstasy Purchases by Polysubstance Misusers
    Sumnall HR, Tyler E, Wagstaff GF, Cole JC. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 76(1), 93-99.
    Date: 2004 (archived)
  4. Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among College Students: Economic Complements or Substitutes?
    Williams J, Liccardo Pacula R, Chaloupka FJ, Wechsler H. Health Economics. 13(9), 825-843.
    Date: 2004 (archived)
  5. Demand for Marijuana, Alcohol and Tobacco: Participation, Levels of Consumption and Cross-Equation Correlations
    Zhao X, Harris MN. The Economic Record. 80(251), 394-410.
    Date: 2004 (archived)
  6. Implicit Taxes Collected by State Liquor Monopolies
    Benson B-L, Rasmussen D-W, Zimmerman P-R. Public Choice. 115(3-4), 313-331.
    Date: 2003 (archived)
  7. Alcohol Dependence and the Price of Alcoholic Beverages
    Farrell S, Manning WG, Finch MD. Journal of Health Economics. 22(1), 117-147.
    Date: 2003 (archived)
  8. Changes in Alcohol Consumption Following a Reduction in the Price of Spirits: A Natural Experiment in Switzerland
    Heeb J, Gmel G, Zurbrügg C, Kuo M, Rehm J. Addiction. 98(10), 1433-1446.
    Date: 2003 (archived)
  9. Estimating the Impact of Alcohol Policies on Youth Suicides
    Markowitz S, Chatterji P, Kaestner R. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics. 6(1), 37-46.
    Date: 2003 (archived)
  10. Alcohol Consumption, Beverage Prices and Measurement Error
    Young DJ, Bielinska-Kwapisz A. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 64(2), 235-238.
    Date: 2003 (archived)
  11. The Effects of Price on Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Problems
    Chaloupka FJ, Grossman M, Saffer H. Alcohol Research & Health. 26(1), 22-34.
    Date: 2002 (archived)
  12. The Economics of Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol-Control Policies
    Cook PJ, Moore MJ. Health Affairs. 21(2), 120-133.
    Date: 2002 (archived)
  13. Alcohol Taxes and Beverage Prices
    Young DJ, Bielinska-Kwapisz A. National Tax Journal. 55(1), 57-73.
    Date: 2002 (archived)
  14. Alcohol Regulation and Violence on College Campuses
    Grossman M, Markowitz S. Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse: The Experience of Developed Countries and Lessons for Developing Countries (pp. 257-289), Cheltenham, UK. .
    Date: 2001 (archived)
  15. A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Polydrug Abuse in Alcoholics: Asymmetrical Substitution of Alcohol and Cocaine
    Petry NM. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 62(1), 31-39.
    Date: 2001 (archived)
  16. Alternative Panel Estimates of Alcohol Demand, Taxation, and the Business Cycle
    Freeman DG. Southern Economic Journal. 67(2), 325- 344.
    Date: 2000 (archived)
  17. Roles of Commercial Interests in Alcohol Policies: Recent Developments in North America
    Giesbrecht N. Addiction. 95 Suppl 4, S581-595.
    Date: 2000 (archived)
  18. Local and Global Alcohol Supply: Economic and Geographic Models of Community Systems
    Gruenewald PJ, Treno AJ. Addiction. 95(Suppl4), S537-S549.
    Date: 2000 (archived)
  19. The Price of Alcohol, Wife Abuse, and Husband Abuse
    Markowitz S. Southern Economic Journal. 67(2), 279-303.
    Date: 2000 (archived)
  20. The Effects of Beer Taxes on Physical Child Abuse
    Markowitz S, Grossman M. Journal of Health Economics. 19(2), 271-282.
    Date: 2000 (archived)
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