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Would a rational underage binge-drink?

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This paper provides a utility-based definition of binge drinking and examines the compatibility of this phenomenon with rational decision making. Prohibition of young people’s consumption of alcohol is frequently violated with binge-drinking in groups. The analysis considers the roles of peer-pressure, full price of alcohol and crowding in underage group-drinking sessions and identifies the conditions for binge-drinking by expected utility maximizing members. Rational binge-drinking occurs when the impact of the peer-pressure on the individual member’s utility exceeds the loss of utility from the forgone spending on all other goods associated with the expected full marginal cost of consuming alcohol.

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  • Amnon Levy, 2013. "Would a rational underage binge-drink?," Economics Working Papers wp13-03, School of Economics, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
    • Handle: RePEc:uow:depec1:wp13-03
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    Alcohol; Minimum Age; Peer Pressure; Rationality; Binge Drinking;
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    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior

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