Drink, death, and driving: Do blood alcohol content limit reductions improve road safety?

被引：8
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作者：
Cooper, Benjamin [1 ,2 ]
Gehrsitz, Markus [1 ,2 ,3 ]
McIntyre, Stuart G. [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Strathclyde, Dept Econ, 199 Cathedral St, Glasgow G4 0QU, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Univ Strathclyde, Fraser Allander Inst, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
[3] Inst Lab Econ IZA, Bonn, Germany
来源：
HEALTH ECONOMICS | 2020年 / 29卷 / 07期
关键词：
blood alcohol content; difference in differences; road traffic fatalities; traffic accidents; CONSUMPTION;
D O I：
10.1002/hec.4016
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This study exploits a natural experiment in Scotland where the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) limit was reduced from 0.8 to 0.5 mg per 100 ml of blood while staying constant in all other parts of the United Kingdom. Using a difference-in-differences design, we find that this change in the BAC level had no impact on either traffic accident or fatality rates.
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页码：841 / 847
页数：7
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