Socially Optimal Taxation of Alcohol: The Case of Czech Beer

The proposed paper belongs to the literature on food demand and optimal taxation and to the literature dealing with economics of alcohol production and consumption. We investigate the question of optimal taxation for the commodity whose consumption has positive and negative features both for individual consumer and for the society. The commodity we analyze is the Czech beer.

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Year of publication:	2010-05-02
Authors:	Janda, Karel ; Mikolasek, Jakub ; Netuka, Martin
Institutions:	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
Subject:	Almost Ideal Demand System \| alcohol \| beer \| brewing industry \| consumption \| the Czech Republic \| elasticity \| price \| spirits \| tax \| wine. \| Agricultural and Food Policy \| Consumer/Household Economics \| Demand and Price Analysis \| Health Economics and Policy \| Public Economics

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado Number 61464
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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