Alcohol Taxes, Tax Revenues and the Single European Market.

This paper addresses the issue of whether tax revenue from alcohol lost through cross-border shopping could be recouped by cutting excise duties. This in turn depends on the elasticity of demand for alcohol. We use data from the Family Expenditure Survey 1978-96 to estimate own- and cross-price elas...

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Main Authors: Crawford, I, Smith, Z, Tanner, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: IFS 1999

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