Death by Pokémon GO: The Economic and Human Cost of Using Apps While Driving / Mara Faccio, John J. McConnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faccio, Mara.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

McConnell, John J.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w24308.

NBER working paper series no. w24308

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Death by Pokémon GO

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2018.

Summary:

Using police accident reports for Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and exploiting the introduction of the augmented reality game Pokémon GO as a natural experiment, we document a disproportionate increase in crashes and associated vehicular damage, injuries, and fatalities in the vicinity of locations where users can play the game while driving. We estimate the incremental county-wide cost of users playing Pokémon GO while driving to be in the range of $5.2 to $25.5 million over the 148 days following the introduction of the game. Extrapolating these estimates to nation-wide levels yields a total ranging from $2.0 to $7.3 billion.

Notes:

Print version record

February 2018.