Assessing the Impact of Wine Sale Reform: A Case Study of Tennessee

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In the United States, alcohol-related policies vary significantly across states and are constantly evolving. While 39 states allow the sale of wine in grocery stores, a central ongoing policy debate in the remaining eleven is whether grocery stores should be permitted to sell wine and how such a change would affect the operational activities of liquor stores and overall alcohol consumption. This study evaluates the effects of a 2016 Tennessee policy allowing wine sales in retail food stores, including grocery and convenience stores. This research assesses the impact of allowing retail food stores to sell wine in two key areas: 1) the number of liquor stores in Tennessee and 2) changes in wine sales tax volume before and after the implementation of the reform.