Do excise taxes save lives? The Irish experience with alcohol taxation
✍ Scribed by Brendan M. Walsh
- Book ID
- 102977468
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 817 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-4575
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✦ Synopsis
Ahslraet--This paper studies the effects of changes in the level of indirect taxation of alcoholic beverages on alcohol-related problems. Using time series data for Ireland the following topics are explored: (1) the effect of changes in taxation on the retail price of alcohol; (2) the effect of changes in the retail price on the consumption of alcohol; and (3) the association between changes in alcohol consumption and the incidence of certain alcohol-related problems, such as deaths from liver cirrhosis and fatal road accidents. The evidence is that a relatively small number of alcohol-related deaths would be averted by higher alcohol taxes. The effect of heavier taxation on the distribution of purchasing power is discussed.