Consider Estimating the Effect of the Beer Tax on the Fatality

question 9

Multiple Choice

Consider estimating the effect of the beer tax on the fatality rate, using time and state fixed effect for the Northeast Region of the United States (Maine, Vermont, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island) for the period 1991-2001.
If Beer Tax was the only explanatory variable, how many coefficients would you
Need to estimate, excluding the constant?

• A)18
• B)17
• C)7
• D)11

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