Are There Differential Effects of Price and Policy on College Students’Drinking Intensity? |
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| Authors: | Jenny Williams Frank J Chaloupka Henry Wechsler |
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| Institution: | Williams:;Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Phone 8344 7530;E-mail Chaloupka:;Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago and National Bureau of Economic Research, Chicago, IL. Phone 312-413-2367;Fax 312-996-3344;E-mail Wechsler:;Lecturer on Social Psychology, Harvard University, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Phone 617-432-1137;Fax 617-432-3123;E-mail |
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| 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) |
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