Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/244438 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2/2008
Publisher: 
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro
Abstract: 
This paper studies the relationship between the business cycle and alcohol sales in Sweden using a data set for the years 1861-2000. Using wavelet based band-pass filtering it is found that there is a pro-cyclical relationship, i.e. alcohol sales increases in short-term economic upturns. Using moving window techniques we see that the pro-cyclical relationship holds over the entire time period. We also find that alcohol sales are a long-memory process with non-stationary behavior, i.e. a shock in alcohol sales has persistent effects
Subjects: 
Businesscycles:Alcohol:Sweden
JEL: 
E32
I12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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