Privatization, price and cross-border liquor purchases.
Self-report survey data were used to investigate the effects of liquor sales privatization on cross-border liquor purchases. A state survey sample representing the Iowa age 18+ noninstitutionalized population was interviewed in April 1989, some 25 months after retail spirits sales were privatized. Despite a privatization induced 6.1% increase in retail liquor prices, there was little, if any, change in the self-reported amount of liquor purchased outside the state of Iowa.
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Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000191:economics* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011332:Privatization / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*