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Excise Taxes on Wines, Beers and Spirits: An Updated International Comparison

In: The International Economics of Wine

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Australia’s rate of wine consumer taxation was shown by Berger and Anderson (1999) to be high by OECD standards in the late 1990s, and especially by the standards of significant wine producing/exporting countries. That was also true when those numbers were updated to 2008 by Anderson (2010). Australia’s type of wine tax is unusual in being ad valorem (a percentage of the wholesale price) rather than specific (in cents per litre of alcohol), so the comparison depends on what price level is the focus of attention…

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  • Kym Anderson, 2019. "Excise Taxes on Wines, Beers and Spirits: An Updated International Comparison," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Kym Anderson (ed.), The International Economics of Wine, chapter 19, pages 461-477, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    2. Kym Anderson & Giulia Meloni & Johan Swinnen, 2019. "Global Alcohol Markets: Evolving Consumption Patterns, Regulations, and Industrial Organizations," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Kym Anderson (ed.), The International Economics of Wine, chapter 26, pages 671-712, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    3. Anderson, Kym, 2020. "Consumer Taxes on Alcohol: An International Comparison over Time," Journal of Wine Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 15(1), pages 42-70, February.
    4. Kym Anderson, 2020. "Evolving from a rum state: Australia's alcohol consumption," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 64(3), pages 724-749, July.
    5. Alexander J. Holmes & Kym Anderson, 2019. "Convergence in National Alcohol Consumption Patterns: New Global Indicators," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Kym Anderson (ed.), The International Economics of Wine, chapter 25, pages 631-670, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    6. Kym Anderson & Vicente Pinilla, 2017. "Annual Database of Global Wine Markets, 1835 to 2016: Methodology, Derived Indicators, and Sources," Wine Economics Research Centre Working Papers 2017-04, University of Adelaide, Wine Economics Research Centre.
    7. Paola Corsinovi & Davide Gaeta, 2017. "European Wine Policies and their consequences on the global wine trade," Economia agro-alimentare, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 19(1), pages 59-88.
    8. Nelson Jon P. & Moran John R., 2020. "Effects of Alcohol Taxation on Prices: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Pass-Through Rates," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 20(1), pages 1-21, January.

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    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • L66 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco

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