What drives our Beer Consumption?---In Search of Nutrition Habits and Demographic Patterns. Issue 41 (2nd September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Angerer, M.; Dünser, M.; Kaiser, L.; Peter, G.; Stöckl, S.; Veress, A.
• Is Part Of: Applied economics. Volume 51:Issue 41(2019)
• Page Start: 4539
• Page End: 4550
• Publication Date: 2019-09-02
• Subjects: Beer consumption -- nutrition habits -- demographics -- cross-country evidence; J11 -- J16 -- Q11 -- Q21; Economics -- Periodicals; 330
• DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2019.1593938
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-6846

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Conventional wisdom in Germany claims pork hocks with sauerkraut and beer. But is it really that simple? In an unbalanced cross-country panel covering 169 nations and time-series records of up to 52 years, we analyse drivers behind beer consumption. Based on data gathered from Worldbank and Faostat, we run multivariate panel regressions and test for the explanatory power of three categories of food and six macroeconomic and demographic variables. Indeed, we confirm most clichés of a typical beer drinker being a middle-aged urbanite with a strong desire for pork and potatoes, however, disliking cheese and wine.