YOUTH ALCOHOL-USE AND PUBLIC-POLICY

Authors
LAIXUTHAI A CHALOUPKA FJ
Citation
A. Laixuthai et Fj. Chaloupka, YOUTH ALCOHOL-USE AND PUBLIC-POLICY, Contemporary policy issues, 11(4), 1993, pp. 70-81
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Public Administration",Economics
Journal title
Contemporary policy issues → ACNP
ISSN journal
07350007
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
70 - 81
Database
ISI
SICI code
0735-0007(1993)11:4<70:YAAP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
This paper examines the frequencies of youth drinking and heavy drinki ng in 1982 and 1989 and separately examines the effects of minimum leg al drinking ages and beer excise taxes for each year. In both years, d rinking is responsive to price changes resulting from higher excise ta xes. However, the price sensitivity of youth alcohol use fell after st ates changed to a uniform minimum legal drinking age of 21.