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The effect of alcohol sales restrictions on alcohol poisoning mortality: Evidence from Russia
Author(s) -
Skorobogatov Alexander S.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
health economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1099-1050
pISSN - 1057-9230
DOI - 10.1002/hec.4251
Subject(s) - alcohol , legislation , environmental health , medicine , human factors and ergonomics , natural experiment , injury prevention , poison control , business , political science , biology , law , biochemistry , pathology
This paper examines the tough anti‐alcohol legislation recently introduced in Russia, which due to regional variation allows it to be used as a natural experiment. The effect of the restricted trading hours on alcoholic poisoning mortality is estimated. To establish a causal link, difference‐in‐differences and synthetic controls are used. The main conclusion is that the sales restrictions lead to higher alcohol poisoning mortality, which implies that more toxic alcohol surrogates serve as substitutes for commercially available alcohol.