Sunday liquor laws and crime
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Sunday Liquor Laws and Crime.
Many jurisdictions have considered relaxing Sunday alcohol sales restrictions, yet such restrictions' effects on public health remain poorly understood. This paper analyzes the effects of legalization of Sunday packaged liquor sales on crime, focusing on the phased introduction of such sales in Virginia beginning in 2004. Differences-in-differences and triple-differences estimates indicate the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Economics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0047-2727
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.08.002