TY - JOUR
T1 - Liquor advertising and consumption in the United States
T2 - 1971-2008
AU - Wilcox, Gary B.
AU - Kim, Kyungok Kacy
AU - Schulz, Heather M.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Using time-series analyses, this manuscript examines the relationship between liquor advertising expenditures and consumption in the US from 1971 to 2008 on both the aggregate and brand levels. The 40-year time period examined is especially interesting because it included a decade in which the liquor industry ended a voluntary ban of advertising on electronic media. The results of the analysis revealed that advertising expenditures for liquor were not significandy related to consumption at the aggregate level; but for three of the brands examined here, electronic advertising exhibited a significant, positive relationship with brand consumption. From a theoretical perspective, the findings are consistent to those found in the cigarette and soft drink markets - minimal or no effects of advertising are present at the aggregate level, but brand advertising effects were discovered at the brand and/or market share level. From a public policy perspective, the findings presented here support the current positions of both the US liquor industry as well as the Federal Trade Commission - companies have the right to truthfully advertise their legal product in any medium.
AB - Using time-series analyses, this manuscript examines the relationship between liquor advertising expenditures and consumption in the US from 1971 to 2008 on both the aggregate and brand levels. The 40-year time period examined is especially interesting because it included a decade in which the liquor industry ended a voluntary ban of advertising on electronic media. The results of the analysis revealed that advertising expenditures for liquor were not significandy related to consumption at the aggregate level; but for three of the brands examined here, electronic advertising exhibited a significant, positive relationship with brand consumption. From a theoretical perspective, the findings are consistent to those found in the cigarette and soft drink markets - minimal or no effects of advertising are present at the aggregate level, but brand advertising effects were discovered at the brand and/or market share level. From a public policy perspective, the findings presented here support the current positions of both the US liquor industry as well as the Federal Trade Commission - companies have the right to truthfully advertise their legal product in any medium.
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U2 - 10.2501/IJA-31-4-819-834
DO - 10.2501/IJA-31-4-819-834
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84872234635
SN - 0265-0487
VL - 31
SP - 819
EP - 834
JO - International Journal of Advertising
JF - International Journal of Advertising
IS - 4
ER -