Plausibly Exogenous [1602] - Regulating Alcohol Consumption (06/22/2024)

LHS Variable
Alcohol consumption

RHS Variable
“Availability strategy” of regulating consumption

Source of Exogenous Variation
State-level policy changes that altered the hours during which consumers can purchase liquor on Sundays (so-called “blue laws”)

- Bernheim, Meer, and Novarro (2016), “Do consumers exploit commitment opportunities? Evidence from natural experiments involving liquor consumption”