THE ECONOMIC COST OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO GOVERNMENTS- AND TAXPAYERS - PART 1

THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE IF THE COST TO TAXPAYERS AND GOVERNMENT FROM ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IS GREATER THAN THE REVENUE RECEIVED, OR IF THE OPPOSITE HOLDS. IT WAS METHODOLOGICALLY HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO TAXPAYERS AND GOVERNMENTS ARE GREATER THAN THE REVENUES RECEIVED. LITERATURE SURVEYS AND INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN RELEVANT DATA. IT WAS PREMISED (1) THAT THE INGESTION OF ALCOHOL IS "THE" OR "A" PRIMARY CAUSE OF CRIME, ACCIDENTS, DISEASE, DIVORCE, UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND POLLUTION; (2) THAT A PERSON'S LIKELIHOOD OF INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME, ACCIDENT, DISEASE, DIVORCE, UNDEREMPLOYMENT, OR POLLUTION INCREASES, ON THE AVERAGE, AS THE PERSON'S INGESTION OF ALCOHOL INCREASES, BEGINNING FROM SOME LOW LEVEL OF INGESTION UP TO THE STATE OF STUPOR; AND (3) THAT CRIME, ACCIDENTS, DISEASE, DIVORCE, UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND POLLUTION ARE A NET ECONOMIC COST TO GOVERNMENT AND TAXPAYERS. IN GENERAL, POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WERE FOUND BETWEEN THESE PARAMETERS AND ALCOHOL.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 29, No 3, PP 15-25
• Corporate Authors:

  Report On Alcohol

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• Publication Date: 1971

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholism; Alcohols; Costs; Crash causes; Crimes; Diseases and medical conditions; Employment; Pollution; Statistical analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Divorce
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223718
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 16 1972 12:00AM