Alcohol Availability and Alcohol-Attributable Mortality: Economic Implications following a Change in Sales Policy

Abstract It is commonly known that irresponsible alcohol use can have adverse effects. For some people, it results in health problems, for others productivity loss, and experience the worst possible outcome of misuse – death. This paper estimates effect reduced sales hours on alcohol-attributable mortality (AAM) Estonia. Using novel data from 1997 to 2015, this analyzes policies at both county level country level. By applying difference-in-differences method ARIMA model, finds policy AAM between 1.710 2.401 deaths per 100,000 month, which equals a reduction 31% 40% deaths. These findings suggest individuals who are most risk dying causes death benefit remarkably availability (JEL codes: I12, I18, H75).