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| Title |
The virtuous tax: Lifesaving and crime-prevention effects of the 1991 federal alcohol-tax increase
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Health Economics, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.11.003 |
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| Authors |
Philip J. Cook, Christine Piette Durrance |
| Abstract |
The last time that federal excise taxes on alcoholic beverages were increased was 1991. The changes were larger than the typical state-level changes that have been used to study price effects, but the consequences have not been assessed due to the lack of a control group. Here we develop and implement a novel method for utilizing interstate heterogeneity to estimate the aggregate effects of a federal tax increase on rates of injury fatality and crime. We provide evidence that the relative importance of alcohol in violence and injury rates is directly related to per capita consumption, and build on that finding to generate estimates. A conservative estimate is that the federal tax (which increased alcohol prices by 6% initially) reduced injury deaths by 4.5% (6480 deaths), in 1991, and had a still larger effect on violent crime. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 36% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 29% |
| Unknown | 5 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 64% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 14% |
| Scientists | 2 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 72 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 71 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 17 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 15% |
| Unknown | 14 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 25 | 35% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 13% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 3% |
| Psychology | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 17 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 55. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 January 2023.
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