title: Privatization, price and cross-border liquor purchases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Mulford
mesh_terms: 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*