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Are There Differential Effects of Price and Policy on College Students' Drinking Intensity?

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: This article investigates the impact of campus bans on alcohol use and the price of alcohol on college students’drinking intensity. The impact of a campus ban on drinking appears to depend on the ability of students to substitute off‐campus access to alcohol for on‐campus access. Where few off‐campus alternatives exist, campus bans reduce the odds that a student becomes a heavy drinker but have no impact on the odds of transitioning from abstainer to drinker. Where off‐campus alternatives are more plentiful, campus bans are less effective. Increasing the price of alcohol appears to be equally effective at reducing the likelihood of drinking and heavy drinking. (JEL)

Source: Contemporary Economic Policy

DOI: 10.1093/cep/byi007

Authors: Jenny Williams, Frank J. Chaloupka, Henry Wechsler

Institutions: The University of Melbourne, National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Illinois Chicago, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W2889780025

FWCI: 3.042

Cites: 16

Cited by: 59

Related to: 10