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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Effect of Excise and Sales Taxes on Beer Consumption<br />

Dependent Variable: ∆Log(per capita beer consumption)<br />

Baseline Bus Cyc, 3­Year Diffs Food Exempt<br />

Alc Regs.<br />

(1) (2) (3) (4)<br />

ΔLog(1+Excise Tax Rate) ­0.87 ­0.89 ­1.11 ­0.91<br />

(0.17)*** (0.17)*** (0.46)** (0.22)***<br />

ΔLog(1+Sales Tax Rate) ­0.20 ­0.02 ­0.00 ­0.14<br />

(0.30) (0.30) (0.32) (0.30)<br />

Business Cycle Controls x x x<br />

Alcohol Regulation Controls x x x<br />

Year Fixed Effects x x x x<br />

F­Test for Equality of Coeffs. 0.05 0.01 0.05 0.04<br />

Sample Size 1,607 1,487 1,389 937<br />

Source: Chetty, Looney, and Kroft (2009)<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 2: Tax Incidence 34 / 142

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