Effects of Alcohol Sales Restriction on DUI Related Convictions: A Case Study of Kentucky

Zia Obaid () and Amir Hussain
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Zia Obaid: Florida State University, USA
Amir Hussain: Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar

Business & Economic Review, 2011, vol. 3, issue 2, 218-228

Abstract: This paper discusses the effect of restriction on alcohol sales on DUI related Convictions. The effectiveness of this restrictive policy has been widely debated in the economic policy literature; where the opponents view it as restriction on civil liberties while the proponents project it as a prerequisite to saving millions of life that are lost in alcohol related traffic accidents. The dependent variable is the count event, thus, Negative Binomial Model has been used for data analysis. The data on 120 counties of Kentucky has been used; showing the county status as being wet or dry, the area, population, licensed drivers, number of police officers and the DUI Conviction rates. Findings indicate that the dry counties have substantially lesser DUI Conviction rate as compared to the wet counties. Some of the control variables also have a significant impact but their influence is distinctly less than the dry/wet county status

Keywords: Count event; negative binomial model; DUI; county (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G10 G21 G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.22547/BER/3.2.7

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