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Behavioural Economics and Drinking Behaviour: Preliminary Results from an Irish College Study

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Liam Delaney () (University College Dublin)
Colm Harmon () (University College Dublin and IZA)
Patrick Wall () (University College Dublin)

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This paper examines the results of single-equation regression models of the determinants of alcohol consumption patterns among college students modelling a rich variety of covariates including gender, family and peer drinking, tenure, personality, risk perception, time preferences and age of drinking onset. The results demonstrate very weak income effects and very strong effects of personality, peer drinking (in particular closest friend), time preferences and other substance use. The task of future research is to verify these results and assess causality using more detailed methods.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 2883.

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Date of creation: Jun 2007
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Keywords: alcohol peer effects time preferences

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