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Article de Périodique
Are alcohol excise taxes good for us? Short and long-term effects on mortality rates (2005)
Auteur(s) :
COOK, P. J. ;
OSTERMANN, J. ;
SLOAN, F. A.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
22 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Discipline :
LOI (Loi et son application / Law enforcement)
Thésaurus mots-clés
TYPE D'USAGE
;
ECONOMIE
;
ALCOOL
;
MORTALITE
;
TAXE
;
PRIX
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Résumé :
Regression results from a 30-year panel of the state-level data indicate that changes in alcohol-excise taxes cause a reduction in drinking and lower all-cause mortality in the short run. But those results do not fully capture the long-term mortality effects of a permanent change in drinking levels. In particular, since moderate drinking has a protective effect against heart disease in middle age, it is possible that a reduction in per capita drinking will result in some people drinking "too little" and dying sooner than they otherwise would. To explore that possibility, we simulate the effect of a one percent reduction in drinking on all-cause mortality for the age group 35-69, using several alternative assumptions about how the reduction is distributed across this population. We find that the long-term mortality effect of a one percent reduction in drinking is essentially nil. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
A02419