- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Authors’ preface to the second edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
-
Chapter 1 Setting the policy agenda -
Chapter 2 Alcohol: no ordinary commodity -
Chapter 3 Alcohol consumption trends and patterns of drinking -
Chapter 4 The global burden of alcohol consumption -
Chapter 5 Global structure and strategies of the alcohol industry -
Chapter 6 International context of alcohol policy -
Chapter 7 Strategies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm -
Chapter 8 Controlling affordability: pricing and taxation -
Chapter 9 Regulating the physical availability of alcohol -
Chapter 10 Modifying the drinking context: licensed drinking environment and other contexts -
Chapter 11 Drinking-driving prevention and countermeasures -
Chapter 12 Restrictions on marketing -
Chapter 13 Education and persuasion strategies -
Chapter 14 Treatment and early intervention services -
Chapter 15 The policy arena -
Chapter 16 Alcohol policies: a consumer’s guide - References
- Glossary
- Index
Controlling affordability: pricing and taxation
Controlling affordability: pricing and taxation
- Chapter:
- (p.109) Chapter 8 Controlling affordability: pricing and taxation
- Source:
- Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity
- Author(s):
Thomas Babor
Harold Holder
Raul Caetano
Ross Homel
Sally Casswell
Michael Livingston
Griffith Edwards
Esa Österberg
Norman Giesbrecht
Jürgen Rehm
Kathryn Graham
Robin Room
Joel Grube
Ingeborg Rossow
Linda Hill
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter considers the aims, mechanisms, and effects of alcohol taxation and pricing, two important economic strategies that have strong implications for the prevention of alcohol-related problems. It reviews economic research and other studies to evaluate how alcohol prices affect alcohol consumption and what aspects moderate the effects of price changes.
Keywords: alcohol consumption, alcohol tax, alcohol policy, alcohol prices, price control
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Authors’ preface to the second edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
-
Chapter 1 Setting the policy agenda -
Chapter 2 Alcohol: no ordinary commodity -
Chapter 3 Alcohol consumption trends and patterns of drinking -
Chapter 4 The global burden of alcohol consumption -
Chapter 5 Global structure and strategies of the alcohol industry -
Chapter 6 International context of alcohol policy -
Chapter 7 Strategies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm -
Chapter 8 Controlling affordability: pricing and taxation -
Chapter 9 Regulating the physical availability of alcohol -
Chapter 10 Modifying the drinking context: licensed drinking environment and other contexts -
Chapter 11 Drinking-driving prevention and countermeasures -
Chapter 12 Restrictions on marketing -
Chapter 13 Education and persuasion strategies -
Chapter 14 Treatment and early intervention services -
Chapter 15 The policy arena -
Chapter 16 Alcohol policies: a consumer’s guide - References
- Glossary
- Index
