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dc.contributor.authorAsplund, Marcusen
dc.contributor.authorFriberg, Richarden
dc.contributor.authorWilander, Fredriken
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-28T13:11:39Z-
dc.date.available2012-03-28T13:11:39Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/56373-
dc.description.abstractWhile many studies have documented deviations from the Law of One Price in international settings, evidence is scarce on the extent to which consumers take advantage of price differentials and engage in cross border shopping. We use data from 287 Swedish municipalities to estimate how responsive alcohol sales are to foreign prices, and relate the sensitivity to the location's distance to the border. Typical results suggest that the elasticity with respect to the foreign price is around 0.4 in the border region; moving 200 (400) kilometers inland reduces it to 0.2 (0.1). Given that cross country price differences for alcohol and other products are often caused by taxes, our evidence has implications for the debate on tax competition/harmonization.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aStockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI) |cStockholmen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aSSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance |x587en
dc.subject.jelF15en
dc.subject.jelH20en
dc.subject.jelH77en
dc.subject.jelR12en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordLaw of one priceen
dc.subject.keywordtax competitionen
dc.subject.keywordtax harmonizationen
dc.subject.keywordcross border shoppingen
dc.subject.keywordEuropean integrationen
dc.subject.stwGrenzüberschreitender Verkehren
dc.subject.stwKonsumentenverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwGrenzgebieten
dc.subject.stwInternationaler Preiszusammenhangen
dc.subject.stwArbitrage Pricingen
dc.subject.stwAlkoholisches Getränken
dc.subject.stwSteuerwettbewerben
dc.subject.stwSchwedenen
dc.titleDemand and distance: Evidence on cross-border shopping-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn480621241en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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