MARCH MADNESS: NCAA TOURNAMENT PARTICIPATION AND COLLEGE ALCOHOL USE

While athletic success may improve the visibility of a university to prospective students and thereby benefit the school, it may also increase risky behavior in the current student body. Using the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study, we find that a school's participation in th...

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Main Authors: Cowan, B.W (Author), White, D.R (Author), Wooten, J.J (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Inc. 2019
Online Access:View Fulltext in Publisher
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520 3 |a While athletic success may improve the visibility of a university to prospective students and thereby benefit the school, it may also increase risky behavior in the current student body. Using the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study, we find that a school's participation in the NCAA Basketball Tournament is associated with a 47% increase in binge drinking by male students at that school. Additionally, we find evidence that drunk driving increases by 5% among all students during the tournament. (JEL I12, I23, Z28). © 2019 The Authors. Contemporary Economic Policy published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of the Western Economic Association International. 
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