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One for the road : public transportation, alcohol consumption, and intoxicated driving
Jackson, Clement; Owens, Emily - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003960604
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One for the road : public transportation, alcohol consumption, and intoxicated driving
Jackson, Clement; Owens, Emily - In: Journal of public economics 95 (2011) 1/2, pp. 106-121
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009270854
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Optimal Drug Policy in Low-Income Neighborhoods
Chang, Sheng-Wen; Coulson, N. Edward; Wang, Ping - 2021
Part of the debate over the control of drug activity in cities is concerned with the effectiveness of implementing demand- versus supply-side drug policies. This paper is motivated by the relative lack of research providing formal economic underpinning for the implementation of either policy. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234048
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One for the Road : Public Transportation, Alcohol Consumption, and Intoxicated Driving
Jackson, C. Kirabo - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013145234
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One for the Road : Public Transportation, Alcohol Consumption, and Intoxicated Driving
Jackson, C. Kirabo - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462778
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Optimal Drug Policy in Low-Income Neighborhoods
Chang, Sheng-Wen - 2002
Part of the debate over the control of drug activity in cities is concerned with the effectiveness of implementing demand- versus supply-side drug policies. This paper is motivated by the relative lack of research providing formal economic underpinning for the implementation of either policy. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469461
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Essays in applied microeconometrics
Cerveny, Jakub - 2017
Duration analysis has been widely used in the applied economic research since the late 1970s. The framework allows to examine the duration of time intervals and the rate of transition across a set of states over time. Many economic behaviors follow a similar pattern, such as transition from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011637401
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Optimal drug policy in low-income neighborhoods
Chang, Sheng-Wen; Coulson, N. Edward; Wang, Ping - In: Journal of public economic theory 18 (2016) 5, pp. 726-751
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011712324
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Crime and the depenalization of cannabis possession : evidence from a policing experiment
Adda, Jérôme; McConnell, Brendon; Rasul, Imran - 2014
We evaluate the impact on crime of a localized policing experiment that depenalized the possession of small quantities … move there to purchase cannabis; (ii) enable the Lambeth police to reallocate effort towards other types of crime. We … investigate whether the depenalization policy impacts the level and composition of crime, using administrative records on criminal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257364
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A survey-based choice experiment on coca cultivation
Ibanez, Marcela; Carlsson, Frederik - 2009
programs. Our results support Becker's (1968) model of crime participation and in addition shed light on other non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258040