Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9549382 Economics Letters 2005 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
We examine the relationship between Prohibition and alcohol consumption using city-level drunkenness arrests. We find that Prohibition had a substantial short-term but little long-term impact. The implied pattern of alcohol consumption is similar to that suggested by cirrhosis.
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The effect of alcohol prohibition on alcohol consumption: evidence from drunkenness arrests
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