Barış K Yörük1. 1. Department of Economics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA.
Abstract
AIMS: To investigate the relationship between legalization of Sunday alcohol sales and alcohol consumption in the United States. DESIGN: State-level per capita consumption of beer, wine and spirits was analyzed using difference-in-differences econometric methods. SETTING: United States. PARTICIPANTS: Five treatment states that repealed their laws restricting Sunday alcohol sales during 1990-2007 and 12 control states that retained their Sunday alcohol laws during the same period. MEASUREMENTS: Outcome measures are state-level per capita consumption of overall alcohol, beer, wine and spirits. FINDINGS: Among the states that legalized Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Mexico experienced significant increases in overall alcohol consumption (P < 0.05). However, the effect of the legalization of Sunday alcohol sales in Massachusetts and Rhode Island on per capita alcohol consumption was insignificant (P = 0.964 and P = 0.367). CONCLUSIONS: Three out of five states in the United States that repealed their laws restricting Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages during 1990-2007 experienced significant increases in per capita alcohol consumption. This finding implies that increased alcohol availability leads to an increase in alcohol consumption.
AIMS: To investigate the relationship between legalization of Sunday alcohol sales and alcohol consumption in the United States. DESIGN: State-level per capita consumption of beer, wine and spirits was analyzed using difference-in-differences econometric methods. SETTING: United States. PARTICIPANTS: Five treatment states that repealed their laws restricting Sunday alcohol sales during 1990-2007 and 12 control states that retained their Sunday alcohol laws during the same period. MEASUREMENTS: Outcome measures are state-level per capita consumption of overall alcohol, beer, wine and spirits. FINDINGS: Among the states that legalized Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Mexico experienced significant increases in overall alcohol consumption (P < 0.05). However, the effect of the legalization of Sunday alcohol sales in Massachusetts and Rhode Island on per capita alcohol consumption was insignificant (P = 0.964 and P = 0.367). CONCLUSIONS: Three out of five states in the United States that repealed their laws restricting Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages during 1990-2007 experienced significant increases in per capita alcohol consumption. This finding implies that increased alcohol availability leads to an increase in alcohol consumption.
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