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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Health Econ. 2020 Mar 31;21(6):855–867. doi: 10.1007/s10198-020-01177-w

Table 7:

Summary of results and the categorization of tax pass-through rates to prices

Alcoholic Beverage # of estimates Range Mean Average 95% CI Under-shifting
(< 0.9)
(#/%)
Exact pass- through
(0.9-1.1) (#/%)
Over-shifting
(>1.1) (#/%)
Beer 9 1.04-1.47 1.24 [0.67-1.81] 0 2/22% 7/78%
Wine 9 1.40-3.76 2.4 [1.70, 3.11] 0 0 9/100%
Cognac 6 1.21-2.17 1.71 [1.07, 2.35] 0 0 6/100%
Gin 6 0.71-0.92 0.85 [0.34, 1.35] 3 / 50% 3 /50% 0
Scotch Whisky 6 0.93-1.35 1.14 [0.52, 1.75] 0 3 / 50% 3/50%
Liqueur Cointreau 6 1.67-2.49 1.98 [1.21-2.76] 0 0 6/100%

Note: For each beverage type, results are pooled from FE, dynamic and FD models that examine different prices levels (high, low, and average prices for beer and wine and high and low prices for other liquors)