Becker, Mary J.; Calkins, Lindsay N.; Simmons, Walter; … - In: Journal of Economic Studies 47 (2020) 6, pp. 1233-1246
Purpose: This paper analyzes the impact of obesity on the probability of a motor vehicle fatality (highway death rate) and on its component probabilities: the probability of a fatality, given a crash (vulnerability rate) and the probability of a crash (crash rate). Design/methodology/approach:...