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Slippery When Wet: The Effects of Local Alcohol Access Laws on Highway Safety


Reagan Anne Baughman


University of New Hampshire - Department of Economics

Michael Conlin


Syracuse University - Department of Economics

Stacy Dickert-Conlin


Syracuse University - Center for Policy Research

John V. Pepper


University of Virginia - Department of Economics
May 29, 2001


Abstract:     
Using detailed panel data on local alcohol policy changes in Texas, this paper tests whether the effect of these changes on alcohol-related accidents depends on whether the policy change involves where the alcohol is consumed and the type of alcohol consumed. After controlling for both county and year fixed effects, we find evidence that: (i) the sale of beer and wine may actually decrease expected accidents; and (ii) the sale of higher alcohol-content liquor may present greater risk to highway safety than the sale of just beer and wine.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 12

Keywords: alcohol, drunk driving, endogenous policy, prohibition

JEL Classification: I10, I18, R50

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Date posted: August 21, 2001  

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Baughman, Reagan Anne, Conlin, Michael, Dickert-Conlin, Stacy and Pepper, John V., Slippery When Wet: The Effects of Local Alcohol Access Laws on Highway Safety (May 29, 2001). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=275157 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.275157

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Reagan Anne Baughman
University of New Hampshire - Department of Economics ( email )
Durham, NH 03824
United States
Michael Conlin
Syracuse University - Department of Economics ( email )
110 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
United States
315 443 1354 (Phone)
315 443 3717 (Fax)
Stacy Dickert-Conlin (Contact Author)
Syracuse University - Center for Policy Research ( email )
Syracuse, NY 13244
United States
315-443-3232 (Phone)
315-443-1081 (Fax)
John V. Pepper
University of Virginia (UVA) - Department of Economics ( email )
P.O. Box 400182
114 Rouss Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4182
United States
804-924-3402 (Phone)
804-982-2904 (Fax)
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