| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w17578 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 17578 |
| What U.S. Data Should be Used to Measure the Price Elasticity of Demand for Alcohol? | |
| Christopher J. Ruhm; Alison Snow Jones; William C. Kerr; Thomas K. Greenfield; Joseph V. Terza; Ravi S. Pandian; Kerry Anne McGeary | |
| 发表日期 | 2011-11-04 |
| 出版年 | 2011 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This paper examines how estimates of the price elasticity of demand for beer vary with the choice of alcohol price series examined. Our most important finding is that the commonly used ACCRA price data are unlikely to reliably indicate alcohol demand elasticities--estimates obtained from this source vary drastically and unpredictably. As an alternative, researchers often use beer taxes to proxy for alcohol prices. While the estimated beer taxes elasticities are more stable, there are several problems with using taxes, including difficulties in accounting for cross-price effects. We believe that the most useful estimates reported in this paper are obtained using annual Uniform Product Code (UPC) "barcode" scanner data on grocery store alcohol prices. These estimates suggest relatively low demand elasticity, probably around -0.3, with evidence that the elasticities are considerably overstated in models that control for beer but not wine or spirits prices. |
| 主题 | Public Economics ; Taxation ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w17578 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/575252 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Christopher J. Ruhm,Alison Snow Jones,William C. Kerr,et al. What U.S. Data Should be Used to Measure the Price Elasticity of Demand for Alcohol?. 2011. |
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