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Chen, Yefeng; Jiang, Shuguang; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2016

We investigate corruption as a social dilemma by means of a bribery game in which a risk of collective sanction of the …' corruptibility but is not sufficient to eliminate the Tragedy of corruption that leads both firms and officials to earn less than in … the absence of corruption. …

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Inequality, institutions and cooperation

Markussen, Thomas; Sharma, Smriti; Singhal, Saurabh; … - 2020

relationship is influenced by the quality of local institutions, as proxied by corruption. We use representative data from a large … corruption environments. We find that corruption leads to more pessimistic beliefs about others' contributions in heterogeneous … groups, and this is an important mechanism explaining our results. In doing so, we highlight the indirect costs of corruption …

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The effects of health insurance parity laws for substance use disorder treatment on traffic fatalities : evidence of unintended benefits

Popovici, Ioana; Maclean, Johanna Catherine; French, … - 2017

Each year, 10,000 individuals die in alcohol-impaired traffic accidents in the United States, while psychoactive drugs are involved in 20% of all fatal traffic accidents. We investigate whether state parity laws for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment have the unintended benefit of reducing...

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Booster seats and traffic fatalities among children

Anderson, D. Mark; Sandholt, Sina - 2016

In an effort to increase booster seat use among children, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is encouraging state legislators to promote stricter booster seat laws, yet there is a paucity of information on booster seat efficacy relative to other forms of restraint. Using data...

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Fast times during spring breaks : are traffic fatalities another consequence?

French, Michael T.; Gumus, Gulcin - 2014

Every year in the United States, millions of college students travel for spring break, spending billions of dollars. We examine a potential adverse consequence of spring break that has received little attention in the literature - traffic safety. In particular, we estimate the impact of spring...

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Death on the job: the Great Recession and work-related traffic fatalities

French, Michael T.; Gumus, Gulcin - 2021

In light of recent discussions about shifting employees from traditional workplaces to virtual employment, we are motivated by the question of whether this phenomenon will end up saving lives even in the absence of an infectious disease outbreak. Motor vehicle incidents are the leading cause of...

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The accident externality from trucking

Muehlenbachs, Lucija A.; Staubli, Stefan; Chu, Ziyan - 2017

The presence of a heavy truck on the road can impose an externality if accidents occur that would not have otherwise. We find each additional truck on the road increases the risk of a truck accident – but also, at an even higher rate, the risk of a car-on-car collision. Our estimates imply two...

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Mandatory seatbelt laws and traffic fatalities : a reassessment

Anderson, D. Mark; Liang, Yang; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2022

Using data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System for the period 1983-1997, Cohen and Einav (Review of Economics and Statistics 2003; 85(4): 828-843) found that mandatory seatbelt laws were associated with a 4 to 6 percent reduction in traffic fatalities among motor vehicle occupants. After...

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Hit-and-run or hit-and-stay? : unintended effects of a stricter BAC limit

French, Michael T.; Gumus, Gulcin - 2024

Although they comprise a relatively small subset of all traffic deaths, hit-and-run fatalities are both contemptible and preventable. We analyze longitudinal data from 1982-2008 to examine the effects of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) laws on hit-and-run traffic fatalities. Our results...

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Gender and corruption : a reassessment

Debski, Julia; Jetter, Michael - 2015

This paper analyzes the relationship between gender and corruption, controlling for country-specific heterogeneity in a … the involvement of women in society and the absence of corruption. However, once country-fixed effects are acknowledged … corruption by 2.5 index points (scale from zero to ten). Surprisingly, the link between the share of women in the labor force and …

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