Long-term effects of minimum legal drinking age laws on adult alcohol use and driving fatalities

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-388

  Kaestner, Robert ^a   Yarnoff, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 80655130322     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658486     Document Type: Article

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