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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Violence-related injury and the price of beer in England and Wales

Applied Economics, 2006, 38, 661–670





The paper examines the influence of the real price of beer on violence related injuries across the economic regions in England and Wales

It is shown that the rate of violence-related injury is negatively related to the real price of 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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