Replicating the Levitt and Porter estimates of drunk driving
分析了莱维特和波特经典酒驾研究难以复制的原因,并利用当前FARS数据提供实用指南,帮助研究者和政策制定者更易获取酒驾流行率和风险估计。
Summary Estimates of the prevalence and risk of drinking‐and‐driving are a high‐priority need for researchers and policymakers. Levitt and Porter ( Journal of Political Economy , 2001, 109 (6), 1198–1237) demonstrate how these can be recovered using publicly available information in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Although robust to systematic misreporting and sample selection and far cheaper to implement than surveys, their methodological innovations are largely ignored. We believe this arises partly from difficulty in replicating their results. This article identifies the underlying causes of replication failure and offers practical guidance for future implementation that takes advantage of the current structure of the FARS data.