Paying the tab : the economics of alcohol policy /
Publisher description for Paying the tab : the economics of alcohol policy / Philip J. Cook. What drug provides Americans with the greatest pleasure and the greatest pain? The answer, hands down, is alcohol. The pain comes not only from drunk driving and lost lives but also addiction, family strife,...
| Основен автор: | Cook, Philip J., 1946- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
℗♭2007.
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Print version::
Paying the tab. |
Съдържание:
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- ch. 1.
- Introduction
- pt. 1.
- Rise and fall of alcohol control
- ch. 2.
- A brief history of the supply side
- ch. 3.
- The alcoholism movement
- pt. 2.
- Evidence of effectiveness
- ch. 4.
- Drinking : a primer
- ch. 5.
- Prices and quantities
- ch. 6.
- Alcohol control as injury prevention
- ch. 7.
- Long-term effects : hearts and minds
- ch. 8.
- The drinker's bonus
- pt. 3.
- Assessing policy options
- ch. 9.
- Evaluating interventions
- ch. 10.
- Regulating supply
- ch. 11.
- Taxing the alcohol industry
- ch. 12.
- Youth as a special case
- ch. 13.
- Alcohol-control policy for the twenty-first century
- Methodological appendix
- Notes
- References
- Index.