Table 2.

Proportion of Granger Causality Tests showing significant relationships between states within each state grouping compared to states outside the grouping for states in each group. Significant relationships indicate predictive value of one state’s spirits or beer series on another state’s series.

Region	Number of states in group	Spirits within	Spirits outside	Beer within	Beer outside
Dry South Mid Atlantic North Central New England Pacific South Coast	12 6 15 6 6 7	56.1% 66.7% 70.5% 60.0% 100.0% 80.0%	73.1% 68.1% 70.2% 72.2% 74.4% 65.9%	50.0% 20.0% 53.3% 80.0% 40.0% 33.3%	44.0% 31.1% 44.8% 50.4% 47.8% 41.1%