Appeared on April 29, 2013
Mark Stehr, Ph.D., associate professor of economics, is quoted in a WSJ article about states loosening liquor laws in hopes of raising more revenue.
“It brings in a bit more revenue and has no measurable effect on traffic fatalities,” Stehr said. The only areas where the move did lead to higher revenues, he has found in his research, were places surrounded by dry counties or states, where alcohol sales were very limited or not allowed.