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| Ligeon, Carel; Gregorowicz, Philip; Jolly, Curtis M.. |
| Alcohol consumption is considered an important social activity but a major health risk in Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC). Alcohol consumption net benefits are doubtful and the factors influencing alcohol consumption in the LAC countries are not well documented. In this study, we use secondary data and Ordinary Least Squares Regression models to evaluate the factors influencing alcohol consumption in LAC countries. The factors that significantly affect alcohol consumption are: alcohol imports, alcohol exports, alcohol production, consumer price index, real GDP per capita, urban population, number of television sets available to the household, and whether the person is from the Caribbean or not. A closer look at the factors indicates that a 1.0... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Alcohol consumption; Latin American and Caribbean; Importation; Consumer price index; CAES; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Financial Economics; Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36956 |
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| Koksal, Aycan; Wohlgenant, Michael K.. |
| It has long been recognized that cigarette and alcohol not only have adverse health effects, but also negative externalities imposed on third parties. If cigarette and alcohol are related in consumption, the information on the way in which they are related may allow a better coordination of the public policies concerning these goods. In this study, we use the expenditure data of a panel of US households to analyze the relation between cigarette and alcohol consumption in a rational addiction framework. We believe that individual level data would be a better tool to analyze addictive behavior as aggregate data might conceal much of micro behavior. We found that cigarettes and alcoholic beverages are substitutes. However, both cigarette and alcohol demand do... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Rational addiction; Panel data; Cigarette consumption; Alcohol consumption; Demand and Price Analysis. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61305 |
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