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Do border crossings contribute to underage motor‐vehicle fatalities? An analysis of Michigan border crossings

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  • Steven F. Kreft
  • Nancy M. Epling

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. Currently, Michigan residents can avoid the national drinking age of 21 by crossing into Ontario, where the drinking age is 19. This paper explores the impact that border crossings, connecting areas with different minimum legal drinking ages (MLDA), have on motor‐vehicle fatalities. We analyse border crossings connecting Michigan to Ontario as well as to its surrounding states in the period in which Michigan's MLDA was raised to 21. Using a ‘differences‐in‐differences‐in‐differences’ approach, we find that the MLDA change did not contribute to increased underage fatalities in border‐crossing counties. Actuellement, les résidents du Michigan peuvent éviter la loi nationale sur l'âge légal de consommation d'alcool à 21 ans en traversant la frontière vers l'Ontario où l'âge minimum légal est de 19 ans. Cet article explore l'impact que les voyages outre‐frontières, entre les lieux qui possèdent une loi différente sur l'âge légal de consommation d'alcool, ont sur les décès dus aux accidents de la route. Nous analysons les traversées de frontières entre le Michigan et l'Ontario, ainsi que les états environnants durant la période où l'âge légal de consommation d'alcool dans le Michigan est passéà 21 ans. En utilisant l'approche ≪ differences‐in‐differences‐in‐differences ≫ nous trouvons que le changement de l'âge légal de consommation d'alcool n'a pas contribuéà l'augmentation du nombre de décès sur les routes dans les comtés où existent des postes frontières.

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  • Steven F. Kreft & Nancy M. Epling, 2007. "Do border crossings contribute to underage motor‐vehicle fatalities? An analysis of Michigan border crossings," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 40(3), pages 765-781, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:canjec:v:40:y:2007:i:3:p:765-781
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00430.x
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