Wet Laws, Drinking Establishments and Violent Crime

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Anderson, D. Mark; Crost, Benjamin; Rees, Daniel I.
• 署名单位: Montana State University System; Montana State University Bozeman; IZA Institute Labor Economics; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12451
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 1333-1366
• 关键词: alcohol outlet density; regression discontinuity evidence; behavioral economic-analysis; drunk-driving laws; assaultive violence; geospatial analysis; spatial-analysis; young-adults; aggression; availability

摘要

Drawing on county-level data from Kansas for the period 1977-2011, we examine whether plausibly exogenous increases in the number of establishments licensed to sell alcohol by the drink are related to violent crime. During this period, 86 out of 105 counties in Kansas voted to legalise the sale of alcohol to the general public for on-premises consumption. Using legalisation as an instrument, we show that a 10% increase in drinking establishments is associated with a 3-5% increase in violent crime. The estimated relationship between drinking establishments and property crime is also positive, although smaller in magnitude.