THE DEMAND FOR ALCOHOL - THE DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE TO PRICE
THE DEMAND FOR ALCOHOL - THE DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE TO PRICE
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DOI：
10.1016/0167-6296(94)00042-3
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发表时间：
1995-06-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
MOULTON, LH
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文献类型：
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作者：
MANNING, WG;BLUMBERG, L;MOULTON, LH
尽管几项研究表明饮酒对价格有反应，但很少有人关注价格是否对轻度、中度或重度饮酒有不同的影响。这项研究考察了酒精需求的价格反应：重度饮酒者对价格的敏感度是否低于轻度饮酒者或中度饮酒者。这项研究使用了1983年全国健康访谈调查中关于饮酒的数据。结果表明，与适度饮酒者相比，轻度饮酒者和重度饮酒者的价格弹性都要小得多。此外，我们不能否认这样一种假设，即饮酒量最大的人的价格需求完全没有弹性。
Although several studies indicate that drinking is responsive to price, little work has focused on whether prices have a differential effect on light, moderate, or heavy drinking. This study examines the price responsiveness of the demand for alcohol: whether heavy drinkers are less sensitive to price than light or moderate drinkers. The study uses data on alcohol consumption on the 1983 National Health Interview Survey. The results indicate that both light and heavy drinkers are much less price elastic than moderate drinkers. Further, we cannot reject the hypothesis that the very heaviest drinkers have perfectly price inelastic demands.