Alcohol Policy in the Changing Eastern Europe

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 61-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juhani Lehto
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Alcohol Policy ◽  
Alcohol Policies ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Alcohol Related Problems ◽  
Made In

Both alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems are, it is claimed, rapidly increasing problems in central and eastern Europe, due to the transition period. The article presents some available data and discusses the problems in making conclusions from rather inaccurate statistics. The second objective is to discuss the opportunities for effective alcohol policies, and the relevance of the studies made in established market economies, such as the Anglo-American and Scandinavian countries. An important condition for a control policy, the author concludes, is the re-establishment of a basic regulation of the alcohol market, now missing in these countries. Otherwise any policy measures will be ineffective or even counterproductive. The process will probably be different in different countries, due to differences in the economic restructuring and recovery, and to differences between the “beer”, “wine”, and “vodka” cultures.

Opportunities for Alcohol Policy in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 280-292
Author(s):  
Juhani Lehto
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Alcohol Policy ◽  
Alcohol Policies ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Alcohol Related Problems

Both alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems are, it is claimed, rapidly increasing problems in Central and Eastern Europe, due to the transition period. The article presents some available data and discusses the problems in making conclusions from rather inaccurate statistics. The second objective is to discuss the opportunities for effective alcohol policies, and the relevance of the studies made in established market economies, such as the Anglo-American and Scandinavian countries. An important condition for a control policy, the author concludes, is the re-establishment of a basic regulation of the alcohol market, now missing in these countries. Otherwise any policy measures will be ineffective or even counterproductive. The process will probably be different in different countries, due to differences in the economic restructuring and recovery, and to differences between the “beer”, “wine”, and “vodka” cultures.

If alcohol policy measures would be given up altogether. Or how much alcohol Finns would be consuming as Central Europeans

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-108
Author(s):  
Esa Österberg ◽  
Thomas Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Policy ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Price Changes ◽  
Alcohol Availability ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Alcohol Related Problems ◽  
Alcohol Prices ◽  
Current Alcohol

A study estimating the changes in alcohol consumption and problems in Sweden was published in November 1993. Its purpose was to estimate changes in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems if the State alcohol retailing monopoly (Systembolaget) is modified (permits beer and wine sales in private grocery stores) or if the monopoly is eliminated entirely. Also, the effect of possible price changes on alcohol consumption was estimated. Two scenarios were considered: Swedish alcohol prices resembling approximately current alcohol prices in Denmark and, secondly, current alcohol prices approximating current alcohol prices in Germany. This article reviews the Swedish study and a similar study conducted in Norway. Similar estimates are calculated for Finland and the results are compared with other future predictions. According to different calculations the possible price changes will have a greater effect on consumption than increases in alcohol availability. If alcohol prices are decreased to the German level and if alcohol availability were in Finland like it is in Germany today, alcohol consumption would increase about 4 litres per capita. This would mean a mean per capita alcohol consumption of 11.5 litres a year.

Alcohol consumption externalities: An impact of alcohol policies on crime rates

2018 ◽  
pp. 130-152
Author(s):  
M. G. Kolosnitsyna ◽  
N. A. Khorkina ◽  
A. Yu. Volkov
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Recent Decade ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Alcohol Policy ◽  
External Effects ◽  
Excise Tax ◽  
Alcohol Policies ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Home Accidents

Alcohol is traditionally considered by economists as an addictive good. Its consumption is often connected to irrational behaviours as well as negative external effects: growth of crime rates, traffic, occupational, and home accidents, fires. That is why most countries with high levels of alcohol consumption introduce special policy measures to reduce it and, as a result, its negative impact on society. In recent decade these policies were also adopted in Russia. This paper analyzes an impact of alcohol policy measures on crime rates. Empirical study is based on econometric analysis of panel data on Russian regions in 2003-2015. The results confirm effectiveness of temporal restrictions on alcohol sales in regard to juvenile and adult crime. Increasing price of vodka due to higher rates of excise tax reduces a number of crimes by teenagers. Meanwhile, price measures do not influence crime rates among adults.

scholarly journals Positioning Alcohol's Harm to others (AHTO) within Alcohol Research: A Reinvented Perspective with Mixed Policy Implications

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 487-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katariina Warpenius ◽  
Christoffer Tigerstedt
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Policy ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
Harm To Others ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Alcohol Related Harm ◽  
Alcohol Related Problems

Aims & Design This overview analyses the recent emergence of the concept of alcohols harm to others (AHTO) and the potential policy implications embedded in this research perspective. The overview is an account of ways in which recent alcohol research has grasped the kind of harm that goes beyond the drinker. It positions the dimensions of alcohol's harm to others as a research perspective in relation to other established research approaches to alcohol-related problems. Findings Several concepts presented within different disciplines have focused on how adverse consequences of drinking go beyond the individual drinker. However, the scientific discussion is still characterised by an obvious conceptual instability. Alongside the growing research interest in alcohol's harm to others there is a political discourse stressing the urgency of alcohol policy measures protecting innocent victims against damage from others' alcohol use. Conclusions In drawing attention to the interactional nature of alcohol-related harm, the AHTO perspective brings a novel syntagmatic and cross-cutting aspect to established traditions in alcohol research and forms a unique scientific approach. The AHTO perspective has the potential for creating a political will to move the alcohol policy agenda forward, but the question of a suitable and credible term is unresolved. Conceptually, the AHTO perspective is still in a state of flux, while politically it is loaded with considerable ambitions and interests related to causal attributions and ethical conclusions embedded in the research perspective.

Second International scientific conference «Vegetation of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia» (Bryansk, 12­–13 October 2020)

2020 ◽  
pp. 149-153
Author(s):  
V. V. Neshataev ◽  
D. D. Karsonova ◽  
A. A. Kurka
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Vegetation Classification ◽  
Scientific Conference ◽  
State University ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Northern Asia ◽  
Oral Presentations ◽  
Made In ◽  
Second International

On October 12th and 13th, 2020, Bryansk State University held an international scientific online conference "Vegetation of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia". The Proceedings of abstracts includes 66 reports by 118 authors and co-authors from 5 countries, 34 localities and 51 organizations. During the meeting, 41 oral presentations were made. In conclusion, it was noted that it is necessary to promote an integration of geobotanists and florists from different regions in order to implement joint research projects. In particular, this concerns a project of making a vegetation classification in Russia.

scholarly journals Dutch and Norwegian Support of Alcohol Policy Measures to Prevent Young People from Problematic Drinking: A Cross-National Comparison

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. van der Sar ◽  
E.E. Storvoll ◽  
E.P.M. Brouwers ◽  
L.A.M. van de Goor ◽  
J. Rise ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Alcohol Policy ◽  
Problematic Drinking ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Cross National

scholarly journals Changes in Alcohol-Related Problems After Alcohol Policy Changes in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden*

2010 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Bloomfield ◽  
Matthias Wicki ◽  
Nina-Katri Gustafsson ◽  
Pia Mäkelä ◽  
Robin Room
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Policy ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Alcohol Related Problems

scholarly journals Made in Yugoslavia: Studies in Popular Music

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 271-282
Author(s):  
Laura Emmery
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
New Wave ◽  
World War ◽  
The West ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
History Of ◽  
Comprehensive Discussion ◽  
Made In

Made in Yugoslavia: Studies in Popular Music (edited by Danijela Špirić Beard and Ljerka Rasmussen) is a fascinating study of how popular music developed in post-World War II Yugoslavia, eventually reaching both unsurpassable popularity in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, and critical acclaim in the West. Through the comprehensive discussion of all popular music trends in Yugoslavia − commercial pop (zabavna-pop), rock, punk, new wave, disco, folk (narodna), and neofolk (novokomponovana) − across all six socialist Yugoslav republics, the reader is given the engrossing socio-cultural and political history of the country, providing the audience with a much-needed and riveting context for understanding the formation and the eventual demise of Tito’s Yugoslavia.

scholarly journals Political Economy of Fiscal Reform in Central and Eastern Europe

Competitio ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
George Kopits
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Fiscal Reform ◽  
Public Finances ◽  
National Budget

The reform of public finances has been at the centre of the post-socialist transition of Central and Eastern Europe since the early 1990s. At various stages of the transition, the reform process encompassed the entire gamut of public finances: the national budget, sub-national finances, extrabudgetary operations, and state-owned financial and non-financial enterprises. For the most part, fiscal reform was a non-linear stop-and-go process – often characterised by backtracking as well – and was uneven across countries. Moreover, unlike most reform experience in the rest of the world, fiscal reform in this region took place against the backdrop of a radical break, as sovereign countries emerged from a colonial past following the collapse of the Soviet Union. An important milestone was reached in 2004–2007, when all ten countries covered in this article became members of the European Union. The purpose of this article is to discuss fiscal reform in Central and Eastern Europe from the perspective of political economy. Following an overview of basic reform trends, the article focuses on the principal drivers and impediments to reform in the region. To conclude, the ingredients of successful reform are examined. The article does not provide an exhaustive inventory of reform measures, nor does it offer a survey of broad political economy issues prior to or during the transition period. Country references are intended to serve as stylised illustrations of main points, rather than as a comprehensive documentation of reform episodes. Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classifications: H1, H3, P2, P52.

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