Driving under the influence of our fathers

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hjalmarsson, Randi ^a   Lindquist, Matthew J ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

alcohol; behavior; crime; drunk driving; illegal; intergenerational crime; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149271977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2579     Document Type: Article

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