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The engine immobilizer: A non-starter for car thieves
Ours, Jan C. van; Vollaard, Ben - 2013
We provide evidence for a beneficial welfare impact of a crime policy that is targeted at strengthening victim precaution. Regulation made application of the electronic engine immobilizer, a simple and low-cost anti-theft device, mandatory for all new cars sold within the European Union as of...
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Speed Limit Enforcement and Road Safety
Bauernschuster, Stefan - 2020
We study the impact on road safety of one-day massive speed limit monitoring operations (SLMO) accompanied by media campaigns that announce the SLMO and provide information on the dangers of speeding. Using register data on the universe of police reported accidents in a generalized...
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Would My Driving Pattern Change If My Neighbor Were to Buy an Emission-Free Car?
Kverndokk, Snorre - 2019
Aiming to reduce the number of brown (polluting) cars on the road, several countries currently promote the purchase and use of green (emission-free) cars through financial and non-financial incentives. We study how such incentives affect consumers who continue to drive brown cars. Using a simple...
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What Role for Electric Vehicles in the Decarbonization of the Car Transport Sector in Europe?
Littlejohn, Christina - 2019
The transport sector is the only sector where carbon emissions continue to grow. This has led policy makers to propose ambitious policies to reduce emissions in the car sector, in particular fuel efficiency standards, portfolio mandates for Electric Vehicles and purchase taxes or subsidies. A...
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Regulating Untaxable Externalities : Are Vehicle Air Pollution Standards Effective and Efficient?
Jacobsen, Mark R.; Sallee, James; Shapiro, Joseph S.; … - 2022
What is a feasible and efficient policy to regulate air pollution from vehicles? A Pigouvian tax is technologically infeasible. Most countries instead rely on exhaust standards that limit air pollution emissions per mile for new vehicles. We assess the effectiveness and efficiency of these...
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Children's Social Care and Early Intervention Policy in England
Anderberg, Dan - 2020
We study the relationship between a key early intervention policy designed to support families with children up to the … age of four and the rate at which children are taken into social care. The gradual build-up of over 3,600 Sure Start … Children's Centres (SSCC), operated by Local Authorities across England, created large spatial and cohort variation in the …
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Socio-Economic Determinants of Child Marriage : Evidence from the Iranian Provinces
Asna-ashary, Mozhgan - 2020
and services. To reduce child marriage, which has long-run negative effects on the development of children, policymakers …
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Mothers' Care : Reversing Early Childhood Health Shocks Through Parental Investments
Bellés-Obrero, Cristina - 2019
, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are insignificant for both male and female children. The sons of treated …
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Discrimination at Young Age : Experimental Evidence from Preschool Children
Bindra, Parampreet Christopher - 2019
framed field experiment, we let 142 three to six-year old preschool children allocate a fixed endowment between an in …
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Are Economic Preferences Shaped by the Family Context? The Impact of Birth Order and Siblings' Sex Composition on Economic Preferences
Detlefsen, Lena - 2019
social preferences. We find that second born children are typically less patient, less risk averse, and more trusting …. However, siblings’ sex composition interacts importantly with birth order effects. Second born children are more risk taking …
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