Understanding Alcohol Consumption across Countries

Kenneth Clements, Yihui Lan and Haiyan Liu
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Yihui Lan: Business School, The University of Western Australia, https://www.web.uwa.edu.au/person/yihui.lan
Haiyan Liu: Business School, The University of Western Australia, https://www.web.uwa.edu.au/person/haiyan.liu

No 19-17, Economics Discussion / Working Papers from The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics

Abstract: With unpublished data from the International Comparison Program that cover the consumption of three alcoholic beverages in over 150 countries, we analyse drinking patterns around the world with an index-number approach, by estimating a demand system, and by studying the interaction among beverages in generating utility. We consider a separate demand system for each income quartile and find that tastes are not too different acorss quartiles. Broadly speaking, the results are robust to rolling sub-samples of countries, an alternative demand model and sample selectivity issues.

Keywords: International drinking patterns; price sensitivity of consumption of beer, wine and spirits; alcohol demand system; alcohol and utility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C30 D12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24
Date: 2019
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