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Author Cook, Philip J., 1946-

Title Paying the tab : the economics of alcohol policy / Philip J. Cook.

Imprint Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  363.41 C772p 2007    ---  Available
Description xiii, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note Paying the tab : the costs and benefits of alcohol control -- Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-247) and index.
Contents List of illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Rise and fall of alcohol control -- A brief history of the supply side -- The alcoholism movement -- Evidence of effectiveness -- Drinking : a primer -- Prices and quantities -- Alcohol control as injury prevention -- Long-term effects : hearts and minds -- The drinker's bonus -- Assessing policy options -- Evaluating interventions -- Regulating supply -- Taxing the alcohol industry -- Youth as a special case -- Alcohol-control policy for the twenty-first century -- Methodological appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Subject Alcoholism -- Government policy -- United States.
Alcoholism -- United States -- Prevention.
Alcoholic beverages -- Taxation -- United States.
Alcohol Drinking -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States -- Popular Works.
Alcoholic Beverages -- supply & distribution -- United States -- Popular Works.
Alcoholism -- prevention & control -- United States -- Popular Works.
Alcohol Drinking -- adverse effects -- United States -- Popular Works.
Alcoholism -- complications -- United States -- Popular Works.
ISBN 0691125201 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780691125206 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. NLGGC 304028150
AU@ 000041056613
NZ1 11106202

 
    
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