Alcohol addiction: An econometric analysis.

Title: Alcohol addiction: An econometric analysis.
Identifier: AAI9917697
identifier: 9917697
Creator: Shim, Kyumin.
Contributor: Adviser: Michael Grossman
Date: 1999
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Economics, General | Psychology, Clinical | Sociology, Demography
Abstract: Alcohol and heavy drinking demand equations derived under the assumptions of rational addictive behavior are estimated using a time-series of annual state cross-sections covering the period from 1962 through 1983. Per capita distilled spirits consumption is employed as the, measure of alcohol consumption and the cirrhosis mortality rate is used for excessive alcohol consumption. The estimates indicate that per capita distilled spirits consumption is not characterized by rational addiction in data aggregated to the state level, but rational addiction does characterize heavy alcohol consumption.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.