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This paper examines the stability of import and export demand functions for the United States over the 1975q1-2001q2 … period. Using the Johansen maximum likelihood approach, an export demand function is readily identified. In contrast, there … appears to be a structural break in the import demand function in 1995; specifications incorporating this break pass tests for …
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We develop an asset pricing model with flexible heterogeneity in asset demand across investors, designed to match … institutional and household holdings. A portfolio choice model implies characteristics-based demand when returns have a factor … variables estimator for the characteristics-based demand system to address the endogeneity of demand and asset prices. Using US …
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A recent literature considers the identification of heterogeneous demand and supply models via "quasi … demand when one has "micro data'' linking characteristics of individual consumers to their choices. Micro data provide a … panel structure allowing one to exploit variation across consumers within each market, where latent demand shocks are fixed …
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We show that tax-induced increases in alcohol prices can lead to substantial substitution and avoidance behavior that limits reductions in alcohol consumption. Causal estimates are derived from a natural experiment in Illinois where spirits and wine taxes were raised sharply and unexpectedly in...
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For every crime there is a victim. However nearly all studies in the economics of crime have focused the causal determinants of criminality. We present novel evidence on the causal determinants of victimization, focusing on legal access to alcohol. The social costs of alcohol use and abuse are...
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In 1893 South Carolina prohibited the private manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol and established a state monopoly in wholesale and retail alcohol distribution. The combination of a market decline in the availability of alcohol, reduced variety, and monopoly pricing at...
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In this paper we summarize research that deals with the effects of alcoholic beverage prices and excise taxes on a variety of outcomes for youth. These include alcohol consumption, excessive consumption, motor vehicle accident mortality, and college completion rates. The research employs six...
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct relationship between the prices of alcohol and drugs and the incidence of criminal violence in a nationally representative sample of individuals in the United States. The positive association between substance use and violence is well...
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In May 1996 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Rhode Island's ban on advertising prices of alcoholic beverages, making Rhode Island the subject of a natural experiment for measuring the impact of advertising on prices. Using Massachusetts prices as controls, we find that while advertising stores...
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This paper aims to refine and enrich the empirical literature dealing with the sensitivity of alcohol consumption and excessive consumption to differences in the prices of alcoholic beverages. The main refinement pertains to the incorporation of insights provided by a model of rational addictive...
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