A large literature has documented significant public health benefits associated with the minimum legal drinking age in the United States, particularly because of the resulting effects on motor vehicle accidents. These benefits form the primary basis for continued efforts to restrict youth access...

Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994 (the "Russian Mortality Crisis"). Highlighting that increases in mortality occurred primarily among alcohol related causes and among working-age men (the heaviest drinkers), this paper...

Introduction -- Federal income taxes : funding the welfare state -- Cigarettes : creating crime through taxes -- The minimum wage : promoting teenage unemployment -- The fruits of alcohol prohibition : poison booze, crime, and corruption -- Be careful what you wish for

Sonderdruck im Hinblick auf die Totalrevision des Alkoholgesetzes: Die Alkoholpolitik des Bundes steht vor bedeutenden Änderungen. Noch in dieser Legislatur werden die eidgenössischen Räte über die Totalrevision des in die Jahre gekommenen Alkoholgesetzes befinden. Die heutige Alkoholpolitik...

This paper utilizes a Swedish alcohol policy experiment conducted in the late 1960s to identify the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on educational attainments and labor market outcomes. The experiment started in November 1967 and was prematurely discontinued in July 1968 due to a sharp...

Moderating binge drinking among young people remains a major health policy focus of European Union (EU) member states. Risk perceptions toward alcohol are an important predictor of consumption behavior. We analyze how alcohol policies and various sources providing information about alcohol's...