Alcohol Availability and Alcohol-Related Harm: Exploring the Relationship between Local Alcohol Policies and Crime in New Zealand

Lauren Tyler-Harwood and Andrea K. Menclova ()
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Andrea K. Menclova: University of Canterbury, https://www.canterbury.ac.nz

Working Papers in Economics from University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance

Abstract: We exploit spatial and temporal variation in the implementation of local alcohol policies in New Zealand to study their impact on crime. To do this, we construct a detailed dataset on local alcohol policies applicable across territorial authorities between July 2014 and January 2019. We then merge in monthly crime counts and estimate Poisson regressions of the relationship, controlling for unobservable local characteristics and time trends. Overall, local alcohol policies do not appear to have reduced crime. This result holds for specific policy dimensions and their stringency, and is reasonably robust across crime types, days/times of occurrence, and socio-economic subgroups.

Keywords: Local alcohol policies; Crime; Availability theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2020-02-01
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