Yeomans, H orcid.org/0000-0001-7095-1141 (2019) Regulating Drinking through Alcohol Taxation and Minimum Unit Pricing: A Historical Perspective on Alcohol Pricing Interventions. Regulation and Governance, 13 (1). pp. 3-17. ISSN 1748-5983
Abstract
Discourse on alcohol policy in several countries has recently become dominated by discussions of pricing. In Britain, proposals for a minimum unit price for alcoholic drinks are frequently depicted as radical and new. However, other means of legally intervening in alcohol pricing have long been used to shape consumption habits. Key to recognizing this historical lineage is a conceptualization of taxation as partly a form of regulation. This article builds upon findings from a wider historical study of alcohol excise duties in England and Wales to develop an empirically‐based typology of the main forms of government interventions in alcohol pricing. By connecting some instances of alcohol excise taxation to government attempts to shape behavior, this typology enables advances in understanding of the relationship between taxation and regulation. In so doing, the article also provides an original historical perspective on an ongoing policy debate.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Yeomans, H. (2017) Regulating drinking through alcohol taxation and minimum unit pricing: A historical perspective on alcohol pricing interventions. Regulation & Governance, doi: 10.1111/rego.12149., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12149. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Alcohol, Pricing, Taxation, Excise, Regulation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number British Academy SG130577 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jan 2017 15:40 |
Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2020 12:31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/rego.12149 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:109805 |