Appeared on April 21, 2011
Mark Stehr, Ph.D., associate professor of economics, was quoted in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on April 21, in an article about a metro Atlanta city that is considering letting its residents decide whether or not Sunday sales of alcohol should be legal. Stehr's research on this topic has shown that allowing alcohol purchases on Sunday has a minimal effect on overall alcohol sales -- usually increasing sales by less than 2 percent.
"I think even 2 percent is high for what you can expect," Stehr said. "It will have minimal impact."