The Effect of Changes in Alcohol Tax Differentials on Alcohol Consumption

Research for the paper was supported by grant number 1R21AA025371A1 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to the National Bureau of Economic Research. This paper was presented at the Eighth Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, at the Second Hamburg Center for Health Economics Risky Behaviors Workshop, at the Applied Micro Workshop at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and at seminars at the University of Dundee and the University of Essex. We would like to thank participants in those events, especially Maria Sanmartin, for helpful comments and suggestions. We also would like to thank Ege Aksu and Daniel Dench for research assistance and comments. The paper employs data from the A.C. Nielsen Company and was purchased from the Kilts Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Results are calculated (or derived) based on data from The Nielsen Company (US), LLC and marketing databases provided by the Kilts Center for Marketing Data Center at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Information about the data and access are available at http://research.chicagobooth.edu/nielsen/. We are grateful to the A.C. Nielsen Company and the Kilts Center for providing the data and for instructions in its use. The conclusions drawn from the Nielsen data are those of the researchers and do not reflect the views of Nielsen. Nielsen is not responsible for, had no role in, and was not involved in analyzing and preparing the results reported herein. Copyright © 2017, the Nielsen Company (US), LLC. All Rights Reserved The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.