Moore School of Business - Dr. Cotti Cited in The Economist

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Research by Chad Cotti , clinical assistant professor of economics, was cited in the April 3 issue of Economist magazine. Cotti, along with Scott Adams of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, found that American cities and towns where smoking bans have been instituted have experienced an increase in drunk-driving and in fatal accidents involving alcohol. In their research published in the Journal of Public Economics, the authors found that smokers are driving farther to places where smoking in bars is allowed. Though smoking bans are intended to save lives, the piecemeal nature of bans across communities in our country may have created the "unintended consequences," Cotti says, of increased drunk-driving and auto fatalities.

Gail Crouch
April 2008

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Dr. Cotti Cited in The Economist