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What do the bingers drink? Micro-unit evidence on negative externalities and drinker characteristics of alcohol consumption by beverage types Srivastava, P and Zhao, X 2010, 'What do the bingers drink? Micro-unit evidence on negative externalities and drinker characteristics of alcohol consumption by beverage types', Economic Society of Australia. Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 229-250. Document type: Journal Article Collection: Journal Articles Title What do the bingers drink? Micro-unit evidence on negative externalities and drinker characteristics of alcohol consumption by beverage types Author(s) Srivastava, P Zhao, X Year 2010 Journal name Economic Society of Australia. Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy Volume number 29 Issue number 2 Start page 229 End page 250 Total pages 22 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia Abstract The recent debate on alcohol tax reform, recommendations from the national preventative health task force and from the Henry Tax Review in Australia have highlighted the need for quantifying externalities of excessive alcohol consumption by beverage types. This paper presents microlevel information from the Australian National Drug Strategy Household Surveys to examine the association between risky drinking behaviour, drinker characteristics, health and labour market status, and types of alcohol beverages consumed. Drinkers of regular-strength beer (RSB) and ready-to-drink spirits in a can (RTDC) have the highest incidences of heavy bingeing, whereas low-alcohol beer, fortified wine or bottled wine drinkers are least likely. Bottled spirits, RSB and RTDC are most likely to be linked to risky behaviour such as property damage, stealing, and verbal and physical abuse under alcohol influence. All three spirit products are overwhelmingly the favourable drinks for the underage and young drinkers. Risky drinking behaviour is not found to be associated with the alcohol strength of the products Subject Health Economics Applied Economics not elsewhere classified Econometric and Statistical Methods Keyword(s) alcohol consumption alcohol types bingeing risky behaviour DOI - identifier 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2010.00066.x Copyright notice © 2010 The Economic Society of Australia ISSN 0812-0439 Related Links Link Description http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-3441.2010.00066.x Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 19 Feb 2013, 13:39:27 EST Wed, 18 Jun 2014, 23:45:25 EST Filtered Full Altmetric details: Access Statistics: 222 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 19 Feb 2013, 13:10:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator