TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dills,Angela K.
AU  - Miron,Jeffrey K.
TI  - Alcohol Prohibition and Cirrhosis
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 9681
PY  - 2003
Y2  - May 2003
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w9681
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w9681.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Angela Dills
Stetson School of Business and Economics
Mercer University
1400 Coleman Avenue
Macon, GA  31201
E-Mail: adills@providence.edu

Jeffrey A. Miron
Department of Economics
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 781/856-0086
Fax: 617/495-8570
E-Mail: miron@fas.harvard.edu
AB  - This paper uses state-level data on cirrhosis death rates to examine the impact of state prohibitions, pre-1920 federal anti-alcohol policies, and constitutional prohibition on cirrhosis State prohibitions had a minimal impact on cirrhosis, especially during the pre-1920 period. Pre-1920 federal anti-alcohol policies may have contributed to the decline in cirrhosis that occurred before 1920, although other factors were likely substantial influences as well. Constitutional prohibition reduced cirrhosis by about 10-20 percent.
ER  -