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Violence-related injury and the Price of Beer in England and Wales

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  • Matthews, Kent

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  • Shepherd, Jonathan
  • Sivarajasingham, Vaseekaran
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    This paper examines the influence of the real price of beer on violence-related injuries across the economic regions in England and Wales. The data are monthly frequency of violent-injury collected from a stratified sample of 58 National Health Service Emergency Departments 1995-2000. An econometric model based on economic, socio-demographic and environmental factors was estimated using panel techniques. We show that the rate of violence-related injury is negatively related to the real price beer, as well as economic, sporting and socio-demographic factors. The principal conclusion of the paper is that the regional distribution of the incidence of violent injury is related to the regional distribution of the price of beer. The major policy conclusion is that increased alcohol prices would result in substantially fewer violent injuries and reduced demand on trauma services.

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    Paper provided by Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School, Economics Section in its series Cardiff Economics Working Papers with number E2006/3.

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    Length: 21 pages
    Date of creation: Jan 2006
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    Publication status: Published in Applied Economics 38, 2006, pp. 661-670.
    Handle: RePEc:cdf:wpaper:2006/3

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