THE ROLE OF PRICE IN THE DEMAND FOR ALCOHOL

近年来，已经提出了一些战略来减少 酗酒和酗酒造成了沉重的经济和人员代价。最近的一次 研究表明，目前的税收不足以弥补成本。 酒精滥用者强加给他人的。在过去几年中进行的多项研究 过去的15年表明，饮酒是足够昂贵的 回答说提价将是一种有效的方式 降低总体消费。因此，增税可能会减少隐含的 对饮酒进行补贴，降低与饮酒相关的社会成本。 然而，很少有工作集中于是否增加了进程这一问题 减少大量或少量的消耗，因为大部分工作都使用了数据 汇总到州或国家级别。由于大量消费，沿着 酒后驾车，是最令人担忧的，重要的是知道如何 税收和价格影响大量消费和消费模式。] 这笔拨款将考察酒精需求的价格响应性， 以及酗酒者对价格的敏感度是不是比清淡或 适量饮酒者。这项研究将使用酒精补充剂中的数据 和健康实践被列入1983年全国健康访谈调查。

In recent years, a number of strategies have been proposed to reduce the heavy economic and human costs of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. One recent study suggests that current taxes are not sufficient to cover the costs that alcohol abusers impose on others. A number of studies conducted over the last fifteen years suggest that drinking is sufficiently price responsive to suggest that raising price would be an effective way of reducing overall consumption. Thus raising taxes could reduce the implicit subsidy to drinking and reduce the alcohol related social costs. However, little work has focused on the issue of whether increased proces reduce heavy or light consumption, because most of this work has used data aggregated to the state or national level. Since heavy consumption, along with drunk driving, are of greatest concern, it is important to know how taxes and prices affect heavy consumption and the patterns of consumption.] This grant will examine the price responsiveness of the demand for alcohol, and whether heavy drinkers are less sensitive to price than light or moderate drinkers. The study will use data from a supplement on alcohol and health practices to the 1983 National Health Interview Survey.