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| EST. READ TIME 1 MIN.The Privatization of Liquor Retailing in Alberta 2003
The privatization of liquor retailing in Alberta was announced on September 2, 1993, and was completed on March 5, 1994. Over nine years have now passed since liquor retailing in Alberta was privatized, and there have been major changes in the number of stores selling liquor products (which are defined to include all beverage alcohol products), the product selection available at the wholesale and retail levels, and the number of people employed in liquor stores and their wages. There have also been changes in the retail pricing of liquor products, and government revenues from the sales of these products. Given that the government of British Columbia has announced its intention to go forward with some form of privatization of liquor retailing, and given that other provinces are also considering the possibility, it is important to have a clear picture of the changes in liquor retailing that have taken place in Alberta since privatization.
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Douglas West
Douglas S. West is Professor of Economics at the University of Alberta. His teaching interests are in the areas ofIndustrial Organization, Competition Policy and Urban Economics. He has also published several papers dealing with privatization of liquor retailing in Alberta and he continues to carry out research on competition in Alberta's retail liquor industry. He also spent a year as T.D. MacDonald Chair of Industrial Economics at the Competition Bureau.… Read more Read Less…
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