Francesconi, Marco and James, Jonathan (2019) 'Liquid Assets? The Short-Run Liabilities of Binge Drinking.' The Economic Journal, 129 (621). 2090 - 2136. ISSN 0013-0133

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Abstract

We estimate the effect of binge drinking on road accidents, accident and emergency (A&E) attendances and arrests using a variety of unique English data and a two-sample instrumental variables estimation procedure. Drinking 10+ units of alcohol in a single session increases road accidents by 18.6%, injury-related A&E attendances by 6.6% and arrests by 71%. The marginal increase from eight to 10+ alcoholic units implies nearly 6,100 extra road accidents every year, 63,000 additional A&E attendances and 100,000 additional arrests. The externality per mile driven by a binge drinker is about five pence and the punishment that internalises this externality is equivalent to a fine of £22,800 per drunk driving arrest.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of
Depositing User:	Elements
Date Deposited:	09 Oct 2020 15:40
Last Modified:	09 Oct 2020 15:40
URI:	http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/28878

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