date:Nov 08, 2012
drinking and underage alcohol-related deaths. But that may be due to other reasons, such as access to alcohol and law enforcement.
Past research has found that license states tend to have more liquor stores in one area, which the researchers say would be expected to drive down prices.
Control states may also have higher prices because they have costs that aren't paid for by license fees or liquor sales taxes - both of which are collected by license states.