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. Reducing Harmful Alcohol-Related Behaviors: Effective Regulatory Methods
    Stout EM, Sloan FA, Liang L, Davies HH. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 61(3), 402-412.
    Date: 2000 (archived)
  2. Alcohol Regulation and Auto Fatalities
    Young DJ, Likens TW. International Review of Law and Economics. 20(1), 107-126.
    Date: 2000 (archived)
  3. The Causal Relationship Between Socioeconomic Factors and Alcohol Consumption: A Granger-Causality Time Series Analysis, 1950-1993
    Brinkley GL. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 60(6), 759-768.
    Date: 1999 (archived)
  4. The Effects of Prices and Policies on the Demand for Marijuana: Evidence from the National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse
    Farrelly MC, Bray JW, Zarkin GA, Wendling BW, Pacula RL. National Bureau of Economic Research (No. 6940). .
    Date: 1999 (archived)
  5. Dynamic Gains and Static Losses in Oligopoly: Evidence from the Beer Industry
    Gisser M. Economic Inquiry. 37(3), 554-573.
    Date: 1999 (archived)
  6. State Drug Control and Illicit Drug Participation
    Saffer H, Chaloupka F. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series (No. 7114). .
    Date: 1999 (archived)
  7. Alcohol Regulation and Domestic Violence Towards Children
    Markowitz S, Grossman M. Contemporary Economic Policy. 16, 309-320.
    Date: 1998 (archived)
  8. The Effect of Correlation Between Price and Quality on Consumer Choice
    Ordonez LD. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 75(3), 258-273.
    Date: 1998 (archived)
  9. Does Increasing the Beer Tax Reduce Marijuana Consumption?
    Pacula RL. Journal of Health Economics. 17, 557-585.
    Date: 1998 (archived)
  10. Beer and the Tie: Did Divestiture of Brewer-Owned Public Houses Lead to Higher Beer Prices?
    Slade ME. Economic Journal. 108, 565-602.
    Date: 1998 (archived)
  11. Border-Crossing Sales, Tax Avoidance, and State Tax Policies: An Application to Alcohol
    Beard TR, Gant PA, Saba RP. Southern Economic Journal. 64(1), 293-306.
    Date: 1997 (archived)
  12. Economic and Demographic Factors in United States Alcohol Demand: A Growth-Accounting Analysis
    Nelson JP. Empirical Economics. 22(1), 83-102.
    Date: 1997 (archived)
  13. Beer Taxes, Workers’ Compensation, and Industrial Injury
    Ohsfeldt RL, Morrisey MA. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 79(1), 155-160.
    Date: 1997 (archived)
  14. Altering Alcohol Price by Ethanol Content: Results from a Swedish Tax Policy in 1992
    Ponicki W, Holder HD, Gruenewald PJ, Romelsjö A. Addiction. 92(7), 859-870.
    Date: 1997 (archived)
  15. Perspectives on Alcohol Taxation
    Kenkel D, Manning W. Alcohol Health & Research World. 20(4), 230-238.
    Date: 1996 (archived)
  16. New Estimates of the Optimal Tax on Alcohol
    Kenkel DS. Economic Inquiry. 34, 296-319.
    Date: 1996 (archived)
  17. Alcohol Policies and Highway Vehicle Fatalities
    Ruhm CJ. Journal of Health Economics. 15, 435-454.
    Date: 1996 (archived)
  18. A Dynamic Demand Model for Liquor: The Case for Pooling
    Baltagi BH, Griffin JM. Review of Economics and Statistics. 77(3), 545-554.
    Date: 1995 (archived)
  19. The Interdependence of Cigarette and Liquor Demand
    Goel RK, Morey MJ. Southern Economic Journal. 62(2), 451-459.
    Date: 1995 (archived)
  20. Are Higher Alcohol Taxes Justified?
    Heien DM. The Cato Journal. 15(2-3), 243-254.
    Date: 1995 (archived)
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