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Driving Under the Influence of Allergies : The Effect of Seasonal Pollen on Traffic Fatalities

Danagoulian, Shooshan; Deza, Monica - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

policies have been introduced to improve traffic safety and their effects have been well documented, the role of transitory … health shocks or situational factors at explaining variations in fatal traffic accidents has been understudied. Exploring … which the local pollen count is particularly high. We find that the effects are present in accidents involving private …

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Estimating the Effect of Alcohol on Driver Risk Using Only Fatal Accident Statistics

Levitt, Steven D. - 1999

Measuring the relative likelihood of fatal crash involvement for different types of drivers would seem to require information on both the number of fatal crashes by driver type and the fraction of drivers on the road falling into each category. In this paper, however, we present a methodology...

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Per-Mile Premiums for Auto Insurance

Edlin, Aaron S. - 1999

accidents. This paper begins by developing a model of the relationship between driving and accidents that formalizes Vickrey …

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Alcohol Policies and Highway Vehicle Fatalities

Ruhm, Christopher J. - 1995

This study investigates the impact of beer taxes and a variety of alcohol-control policies on motor vehicle fatality rates, using fixed- effect models with data for the 48 contiguous states over the 1982 through 1988 time period. The econometric findings highlight the fragility of the parameter...

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Alcohol Advertising and Motor Vehicle Fatalities

Saffer, Henry - 1994

The purpose of this paper is to empirically estimate the effect of alcohol advertising on motor vehicle fatalities. The concept of an industry level advertising response function is developed and other empirical issues in estimating the effects of advertising are reviewed. The data set consists...

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Alcohol Control Policies and Motor Vehicle Fatalities

Chaloupka, Frank J. - 1991

The purpose of this study is to estimate the effects of drunk driving deterrents and other alcohol related policies on drunk driving. The data set employed is an annual time-series of state cross-sections for the 48 contiguous states of the U.S. from 1982 through 1988. Total and alterative...

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Fear of Flying? Economic Analysis of Airline Safety

Rose, Nancy L. - 1991

factors that influence safety performance. Third, how do markets respond to airline accidents? This work explores the …The safety of the commercial airline industry has attracted considerable public attention and debate since economic … deregulation of the industry in 1978. These concerns have energized economic research on three aspects of airline safety. First …

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Endogenous Drinking Age Laws and Highway Mortality Rates of Young Drivers

Saffer, Henry - 1986

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Beer Taxes, the Legal Drinking Age, and Youth Motor Vehicle Fatalities

Saffer, Henry - 1986

Based on a time series of state cross sections for the period from 1975 through 1981, we find that motor vehicle accident mortality rates of youths ages 15 through 17, 18 through 20, and 21 through 24 are negatively related to the real beer excise tax. We also find that the death rate of 18...

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The Cost of Convenience : Ridehailing and Traffic Fatalities

Barrios, John M. - 2020

We examine the effect of the introduction of ridehailing in U.S. cities on fatal traffic accidents. The arrival of … ridehailing is associated with an increase of approximately 3% in the number of fatalities and fatal accidents, for both vehicle …

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