Moreira, Tito; Sachsida, Adolfo; Paulo, Loureiro - In: Economics Bulletin 18 (2004) 3, pp. 1-7
Based on a sample of drivers in Brasilia's streets, this article investigates whether distraction explains traffic accidents. A probit model is estimated to determine the predictive power of several variables on traffic accidents. The main conclusion drawn from this study is that the proxies...