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Alcohol Consumption in the United States: Past, Present, and Future Trends

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2018

James Fogarty  and
Derby Voon
James Fogarty
Affiliation:
Agricultural and Resource Economics, School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia; e-mail: [email protected].
Derby Voon
Affiliation:
Agricultural and Resource Economics, School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia; e-mail: [email protected].
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Abstract

This research examines long-run changes in alcohol consumption patterns for the United States, at the state level, and presents forecasts for per capita consumption of beer, wine, and spirits developed using the ARIMA methodology. The evidence is then presented on the extent of convergence in consumption through time. This evidence shows that from the 1970s through the early 2000s, a pattern of convergence in both the level of consumption and the consumption mix was evident, but since the early 2000s, and unlike the pattern observed globally, there has been a reversal of this trend. The changes in consumption through time are illustrated via ternary plots. Bayesian estimation methods are used to formally describe changes in historical consumption patterns and to investigate the impact of policy settings on consumption forecasts. There were no systematic correlations found between alcohol policy settings and forecast future consumption changes, or tax rate levels and forecast consumption changes. (JEL Classifications: D12, I18, L66)

Keywords

alcohol consumption mixalcohol policyforecasting consumption changes
Type
Articles
Information
Journal of Wine Economics , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 2018 , pp. 121 - 143
Copyright
Copyright © American Association of Wine Economists 2018 

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Footnotes

The authors would like to thank Kym Anderson for suggestions, an anonymous referee, and the editorial team at JWE.

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