Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263492 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15276
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
motor vehicle collisions
minimum unit pricing
alcohol
externality
driving under the influence
JEL: 
D12
D62
H23
K42
R41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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