TY - JOUR
T1 - None for the road?
T2 - Stricter drink driving laws and road accidents
AU - Francesconi, Marco
AU - James, Jonathan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/9/30
Y1 - 2021/9/30
N2 - Reducing drink drive limits is generally regarded an effective strategy to save lives on the road. Using several new administrative data sources, we evaluate the effect of a stricter limit introduced in Scotland in 2014. This reduction had no effect on drink driving and road collisions. Estimates from a supply-of-offenses function suggests that the reform did not have much ex-ante scope for sizeable effects. The unavailability of cheaper alternative means of transportation and weak law enforcement seem to have been the main channels behind the lack of an impact. We find no externality on a wide range of domains, from alcohol consumption to criminal activities other than drink driving.
AB - Reducing drink drive limits is generally regarded an effective strategy to save lives on the road. Using several new administrative data sources, we evaluate the effect of a stricter limit introduced in Scotland in 2014. This reduction had no effect on drink driving and road collisions. Estimates from a supply-of-offenses function suggests that the reform did not have much ex-ante scope for sizeable effects. The unavailability of cheaper alternative means of transportation and weak law enforcement seem to have been the main channels behind the lack of an impact. We find no externality on a wide range of domains, from alcohol consumption to criminal activities other than drink driving.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102487
DO - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102487
M3 - Article
SN - 0167-6296
VL - 79
JO - Journal of Health Economics
JF - Journal of Health Economics
M1 - 102487
ER -
