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Alcohol and Cigarette Taxes

Bibliographic Data

ID4029680
AuthorsMichael Grossman (0000-0001-9863-4308, Professor of Economics, City University of New York Graduate School and Research Associate and Program Director of Health Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research, New York City, New York.), Jody L Sindelar (0000-0002-1741-5451, Associate Professor of Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.), John Mullahy (0000-0001-8605-3899, Associate Professor of Economics, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, and University Fellow, Resources for the Future.), Richard Anderson (0000-0002-7283-7219, Assistant Professor of Economics, State University of New York, Farmingdale, New York.), Richard T Anderson (Stevens Institute of Technology)
Year1993
Volume7
Issue4
Pages211-222
Publication date1993-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965
PublisherAmerican Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1257/jep.7.4.211
OpenAlexW2030232552
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited4

Increased excise taxes on cigarettes and alcohol have been suggested as a means to finance (at least partially) the Clinton administration's proposed program of health care reform. We consider the revenue potential of cigarette and alcohol tax hikes and explore the effects on consumption and related outcomes. We present estimates of the social costs and implied optimal tax rates on cigarettes and alcohol. The bulk of the evidence presented here does support higher taxes on cigarettes and alcohol

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Business · Economics · Environmental health · Excise · Political science · Public economics · Revenue · State income tax · Tax deferral · Tax policy · Tax reform · Tax revenue · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Finance