One for the road
Subtitle: public transportation, alcohol consumption, and intoxicated driving
By: C. Kirabo Jackson, Emily Greene Owens
Contributors: Greene Owens, Emily; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 15872; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 15872.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this.  You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email.  We exploit arguably exogenous train schedule changes in Washington DC to investigate the relationship between public transportation provision, the risky decision to consume alcohol, and the criminal decision to engage in alcohol-impaired driving.  Using a triple differences strategy, we provide evidence that overall there was little effect on DUI arrests, alcohol related fatal traffic and alcohol related arrests.  However, we find that these overall effects mask considerable heterogeneity across geographic areas and spatial shifting.  Specifically, we find that areas close to bars that are within walking distance to Metro stations experience increases in alcohol related arrests and decreases in DUI arrests"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Title from PDF file as viewed on 4/8/2010.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available in print.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.