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Volume 10, 2018

Global Alcohol Markets: Evolving Consumption Patterns, Regulations, and Industrial Organizations

Abstract

For millennia, alcoholic drinks have played an important role in food security and health (both positive and negative), but consumption patterns of beer, wine, and spirits have altered substantially over the past two centuries. So too have their production technologies and industrial organization. Globalization and economic growth have contributed to considerable convergence in national alcohol consumption patterns. The industrial revolution contributed to excess consumption by stimulating demand and lowering the cost of alcohol. It also led to concentration in some alcohol industries, especially brewing. In recent years, the emergence of craft producers has countered firm concentration and the homogenization of alcoholic beverages. Meanwhile, governments have intervened extensively in alcohol markets to reduce excessive consumption, raise taxes, protect domestic industries, and/or ensure competition. These regulations have contributed to, and been affected by, the evolving patterns of consumption and changing structures of alcohol industries.

Keyword(s): alcohol and health, beverage firm concentration, convergence of national beverage consumption mix, globalization of preferences, restrictions on alcohol consumption and production
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Global Alcohol Markets: Evolving Consumption Patterns, Regulations, and Industrial Organizations
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