A note on social drinking: In Vino Veritas

Justus Haucap and Annika Herr

European Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, vol. 37, issue 3, 392 pages

Abstract: It has been a persistent phenomenon in many societies that a large proportion of alcohol consumption takes place in company of other people. While the phenomenon of social or public drinking is well discussed in disciplines such as social psychology and anthropology, economists have paid little attention to the social environment of alcohol consumption. This paper tries to close this gap and explains social drinking as a trust facilitating device. Since alcohol consumption tends to make some people (unwillingly) tell the truth, social drinking can eventually serve as a signaling device in social contact games. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

Keywords: Public drinking; Alcohol consumption; Social contact games; Trust; Alcohol-wage-puzzle; Alcohol-income-puzzle; C72; D71; L14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s10657-013-9412-1

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