The effect of Sunday alcohol laws on alcohol consumption and related outcomes

周日饮酒法对饮酒及相关结果的影响

基本信息

批准号：
8493912
负责人：
Baris K Yoruk
金额：
$ 6.89万
依托单位：
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-07-01 至 2014-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Many studies have shown that policies that increase the full cost of consuming alcohol significantly decrease alcohol consumption and have positive spillover effects on alcohol consumption related outcomes. One of the most direct forms of regulation on alcohol availability in the United States is restricting the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages at off-premise locations. Understanding the effect of such restrictions is particularly important since recently several states have lifted these bans, while removing the restriction on Sunday alcohol sales is a current policy debate in remaining states with such bans. On the one hand, proponents of Sunday sales argue that by allowing people to buy beer, wine or liquor on Sunday at grocery or liquor stores, states can increase their tax revenue. On the other hand, opponents of such sales argue that lifting bans on Sunday sales of alcohol would increase alcohol consumption and hence, cause adverse public health consequences. The proposed study will use state level alcohol consumption data from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to assess whether states that banned off-premises sales of alcoholic beverages on Sunday have experienced increased alcohol consumption after these bans were repealed. Accordingly, alcohol consumption trends in states with Sunday alcohol sales bans will be compared with those of the remaining states that do not have any restrictions on Sunday sales using difference-in-difference estimation techniques. Furthermore, the proposed study is aimed at testing the spillover effects of allowing Sunday alcohol sales on traffic injuries and fatalitie and alcohol related arrests at the state level. Since heavy alcohol use is common among young adults, using an individual level panel data set, the proposed study will also test the effectiveness of Sunday alcohol sales bans in decreasing heavy alcohol consumption, drug use, and crime among young adults. The proposed study would be the first to consider the effects of Sunday alcohol sales laws in the United States on alcohol consumption and alcohol consumption related outcomes that are reported at both state and individual level. The results from this study will provide policy makers with new, important information not only about the effectiveness of existing Sunday alcohol availability and consumption laws, but also about how these laws can be designed to maximize their preventive benefits.

描述（由申请人提供）：许多研究表明，增加饮酒的全部成本的政策会大大减少饮酒，并对酒精消耗相关的结果产生积极的溢出影响。美国最直接的关于酒精供应的监管形式之一是限制周日的酒精饮料出售饮料位于外部地点。了解此类限制的影响尤为重要，因为最近几个州取消了这些禁令，同时消除对周日酒精销售的限制是当前通过此类禁令的剩余州进行的政策辩论。一方面，周日销售的支持者认为，通过允许人们在周日在杂货店或酒类商店购买啤酒，葡萄酒或酒，各州可以增加其税收收入。另一方面，这种销售的反对者认为，举起禁令在周日的酒精销售中会增加酒精消耗，从而造成不利的公共卫生后果。拟议的研究将使用国家水平的饮酒研究所使用酗酒和酒精中毒研究所来评估在废除这些禁令后，周日禁止非本地酒精饮料销售的州是否会增加饮酒。因此，将将饮酒趋势与周日酒精销售禁令的州的饮酒趋势与其余州使用差异差异估计技术没有任何限制的州进行比较。此外，拟议的研究旨在测试允许周日酒精销售对交通损伤，致命性和酒精相关的逮捕的溢出影响。由于大量饮酒在年轻人中很常见，因此使用单个级别的面板数据集，拟议的研究还将测试周日酒精销售禁令在减少大量酒精消耗，吸毒和年轻人犯罪方面的有效性。拟议的研究将是第一个考虑美国周日酒精销售法对饮酒和饮酒相关的结果的影响，这些结果在州和个人一级均报道。这项研究的结果将为决策者提供有关现有周日酒精可用性和消费法的有效性的新的重要信息，以及如何设计这些法律以最大程度地提高其预防效益。