An empirical analysis of alcohol addiction: results from the monitoring the future panels.

In a panel of young adults, we find that alcohol consumption is addictive in the sense that increases in past or future consumption cause current consumption to rise. The positive and significant future consumption effect is consistent with the hypothesis of rational addiction. The long-run price...

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Publicado en:	Economic Inquiry Vol. 36; pp. 39 - 49
Autores principales:	Grossman, Michael, Chaloupka, Frank J., Sirtalan, Ismail
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell January 1998
Materias:	Youth > Alcohol use Excise tax Drinking age laws Alcoholic beverage sales & prices Alcoholic beverage tax Alcoholism Economics
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