Alcohol Price Floors and Externalities
The Case of Fatal Road Crashes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11680903 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Francesconi (0000-0003-4761-7051, MARCO FRANCESCONI is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ UK, corresponding author), Jonathan James (0000-0002-8206-1637, JONATHAN JAMES is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Bath, Claverton Down Bath BA2 7AY UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1118-1156 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-8739 • E-ISSN: 1520-6688 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/pam.22414 |
| OpenAlex | W4306158233 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 81 |
In May 2018, Scotland introduced a minimum unit price on alcohol. We examine the impact of this policy on traffic fatalities and drunk driving accidents. Using administrative data on the universe of vehicle collisions in Britain and a range of quasi‐experimental modeling approaches, we do not find that the policy had an effect on road crash deaths and drunk driving collisions. The results are robust to several sensitivity exercises. There is no evidence of effect heterogeneity by income and other predictors of alcohol consumption or cross‐border effects. A brief discussion of the policy implications of our findings is provided
Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Consumption (sociology · Crash · Drunk driving · Econometrics · Economics · Environmental health · Externality · Injury prevention · Microeconomics · Poison control · Public economics · Range (aeronautics · Sociology · Unit (ring theory · Unit price · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Computer Science · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |