Bernheim, Meer, and Novarro (2016) Dataset on Liquor Consumption and Commitment Opportunities
bmn2016.RdLiquor sale hours, alcohol consumption, and related state policies across 47 U.S. states from 1970 to 2007. The dataset includes off-premises and on-premises sales data for beer, wine, and liquor, along with other socioeconomic variables.
Format
A data frame with 1,722 observations and multiple variables related to liquor sales and policies.
- id
Unique identifier for each observation
- state
State name
- year
Year of observation
- beeroffweekday
Beer sales off-premises on weekdays
- beerofffri
Beer sales off-premises on Fridays
- beeroffsat
Beer sales off-premises on Saturdays
- beeroffsun
Beer sales off-premises on Sundays
- wineoffweekday
Wine sales off-premises on weekdays
- wineofffri
Wine sales off-premises on Fridays
- wineoffsat
Wine sales off-premises on Saturdays
- wineoffsun
Wine sales off-premises on Sundays
- liqoffweekday
Liquor sales off-premises on weekdays
- liqofffri
Liquor sales off-premises on Fridays
- liqoffsat
Liquor sales off-premises on Saturdays
- liqoffsun
Liquor sales off-premises on Sundays
- beeronweekday
Beer sales on-premises on weekdays
- beeronfri
Beer sales on-premises on Fridays
- beeronsat
Beer sales on-premises on Saturdays
- beeronsun
Beer sales on-premises on Sundays
- wineonweekday
Wine sales on-premises on weekdays
- wineonfri
Wine sales on-premises on Fridays
- wineonsat
Wine sales on-premises on Saturdays
- wineonsun
Wine sales on-premises on Sundays
- liqonweekday
Liquor sales on-premises on weekdays
- liqonfri
Liquor sales on-premises on Fridays
- liqonsat
Liquor sales on-premises on Saturdays
- liqonsun
Liquor sales on-premises on Sundays
- beerethvol
Beer ethanol volume
- wineethvol
Wine ethanol volume
- liqethvol
Liquor ethanol volume
- beerage18
Legal beer drinking age 18
- beerage19
Legal beer drinking age 19
- beerage20
Legal beer drinking age 20
- beerage21
Legal beer drinking age 21
- wineage18
Legal wine drinking age 18
- wineage19
Legal wine drinking age 19
- wineage20
Legal wine drinking age 20
- wineage21
Legal wine drinking age 21
- liqage18
Legal liquor drinking age 18
- liqage19
Legal liquor drinking age 19
- liqage20
Legal liquor drinking age 20
- liqage21
Legal liquor drinking age 21
- unempw
Unemployment rate
- popover18
Population over 18
- beereth
Beer ethanol content
- wineeth
Wine ethanol content
- liqeth
Liquor ethanol content
- logliq
Log of liquor sales
- logwine
Log of wine sales
- logbeer
Log of beer sales
- expand
Indicator for expansion of sales
- restrict
Indicator for restriction of sales
- liqoffsunp
Liquor off-premises sales on Sundays (percentage)
- liqonsunp
Liquor on-premises sales on Sundays (percentage)
- beeroffinflows
Beer off-premises inflows
- wineoffinflows
Wine off-premises inflows
- liqoffinflows
Liquor off-premises inflows
- beeroninflows
Beer on-premises inflows
- wineoninflows
Wine on-premises inflows
- liqoninflows
Liquor on-premises inflows
- liqonoutflows
Liquor on-premises outflows
- liqoffoutflows
Liquor off-premises outflows
- beeronoutflows
Beer on-premises outflows
- beeroffoutflows
Beer off-premises outflows
- wineonoutflows
Wine on-premises outflows
- wineoffoutflows
Wine off-premises outflows
- liqonnotsun
Liquor on-premises sales not on Sundays
- liqoffnotsun
Liquor off-premises sales not on Sundays
- everonchange
Indicator for any change in on-premises sales
- everoffchange
Indicator for any change in off-premises sales
- winetax
Wine tax
- liquortax
Liquor tax
- beertax
Beer tax
- cigtax
Cigarette tax
- barsmokingban
Ban on smoking in bars
- restsmokingban
Ban on smoking in restaurants
Source
Bernheim, B. D., Meer, J., & Novarro, N. K. (2016). "Do Consumers Exploit Commitment Opportunities? Evidence from Natural Experiments Involving Liquor Consumption." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 8(1), 41-69. Data available at https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20130351