Table 15.
Alcohol log–log demand equation estimates conditional on participation, males (price indices results)
Variables | Pure alcohol consumed by all drinkers | Pure alcohol consumed by binge drinkers | ||||
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Beer | Wine | Spirits | Beer | Wine | Spirits | |
Linear time trend | −0.01** | −0.04*** | −0.05*** | −0.00 | 0.01 | −0.18*** |
(0.00) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.06) | |
ln (beer price index) | −0.53** | −0.56* | ||||
(0.24) | (0.29) | |||||
ln (wine price index) | −0.81* | −3.14*** | ||||
(0.48) | (1.12) | |||||
ln (spirit price index) | −0.36 | 3.15 | ||||
(0.53) | (3.06) |
See notes for Table 14. Results for income, education, employment status, and cohabiting are not shown but are included in the regression. The excise duty rate change in January 2008 is not controlled for in these results