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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

The Net Effect of an Alcohol Tax Increase on Death Rates in Middle Age

  • Philip J. Cook
  • Jan Ostermann
  • Frank A. Sloan
American Economic Review
vol. 95, no. 2, May 2005
(pp. 278–281)
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Citation

Cook, Philip, J., Jan Ostermann, and Frank A. Sloan. 2005. "The Net Effect of an Alcohol Tax Increase on Death Rates in Middle Age." American Economic Review, 95 (2): 278–281. DOI: 10.1257/000282805774670419

JEL Classification

  • H25 Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
  • J11 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
  • J14 Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
  • L66 Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco; Wine and Spirits