Petrol tax:speeding :: alcohol tax:binge drinking - The Dismal Science
Eric Crampton • Feb 04, 2014 •
If you want to reduce binge drinking, excise tax rates are a remarkably blunt instrument. We don't use petrol taxes to curb drag racing; we shouldn't think that alcohol excise is a great solution to binge drinking.I'd posted last year on a nice Australian study by Byrnes et al who found that tax increases did a lot to curb … Read More