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

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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.

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  • Lauren Tyler-Harwood & Andrea K. Menclova, 2020. "Alcohol Availability and Alcohol-Related Harm: Exploring the Relationship between Local Alcohol Policies and Crime in New Zealand," Working Papers in Economics 20/02, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance.
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    Keywords

    Local alcohol policies; Crime; Availability theory;
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare

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