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In 1984, the National Minimum Drinking Age Act Was Passed

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In 1984, the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed, raising the legal age to consume alcoholic beverages in the United States to 21.In much of Europe, the legal age to consume alcohol is 18.If the legal drinking age in the United States was changed back to 18, how would this affect the market for alcoholic beverages? What would happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of alcoholic beverages?


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