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Effects of main actor, outcome and affect on biased braking speed judgments
Svenson, Ola; Eriksson, Gabriella; Slovic, Paul; Mertz, … - In: Judgment and Decision Making 7 (2012) 3, pp. 235-243
Subjects who judged speed in a driving scenario overestimated how fast they could decelerate when speeding compared to when keeping within the speed limit (Svenson, 2009). The purpose of the present studies were to replicate studies conducted in Europe with subjects in the U.S., to study the...
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Unintended Benefits of Election Day Alcohol Bans: Evidence from Road Crashes and Hospitalizations in Brazil
Nakaguma, Marcos Yamada; Restrepo, Brandon - Departamento de Economia, Faculdade de Economia, … - 2014
We analyze the impact of Election Day alcohol bans on road traffic accidents, traffic-related injuries, and alcohol-related hospitalizations. Our analysis focuses on the 2012 Municipal Elections in Brazil, during which 11 out of 27 states imposed on its 2,733 municipalities the decision to...
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Size of economic activity and occurrence of fatal traffic accidents: a count panel data analysis on Fukuoka prefecture in Japan
Kitazawa, Yoshitsugu - Faculty of Economics, Kyushu Sangyo University - 2010
In this paper, the investigation is conducted on the relationship between the number of fatalities by dint of traffic accidents and the gross municipal product, by using the panel data whose crosssectional units are composed of municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan. It turns out that the...
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Valuation of life: a study using discrete choice analysis
Zhu, Weichen - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
The focus of this paper is to discuss and compare different approaches to calculate the statistical value of life (VSL) based on survey data. In this paper, we find out that people significantly prefer to reduce the premature death related to the environmental pollution than to reduce the...
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Population strategies and high-risk-individual strategies for road safety in Japan
Nakahara, Shinji; Ichikawa, Masao; Kimura, Akio - In: Health Policy 100 (2011) 2, pp. 247-255
We examined road safety policies and trends in road traffic injuries (RTIs) in Japan between 1970 and 2008 from the viewpoints of population and high-risk-individual approaches to see what lessons can be learned from the example of a country that experienced a decline in RTIs following...
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Traffic Congestion and Accidents
Schrage, Andrea - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität … - 2006
Obstructions caused by accidents can trigger or exacerbate traffic congestion. This paper derives the efficient traffic pattern for a rush hour with congestion and accidents and the corresponding road toll. Compared to the model without accidents, where the toll equals external costs imposed on...
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Water Footprint Outcomes and Policy Relevance Change with Scale Considered: Evidence from California
Fulton, Julian; Cooley, Heather; Gleick, Peter - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 11, pp. 3637-3649
this by building on a recent WF assessment of California, the third largest and most populous state in the United States …. While California contains diverse hydrologic regions, it also has an overarching set of water institutions that address … sheds new light on sustainable use and, in California, is being considered with a suite of sustainability indicators for …
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Numerical issues in computing inundation areas over natural terrains using Savage-Hutter theory
Yu, Bin; Dalbey, Keith; Webb, Amy; Bursik, Marcus; … - In: Natural Hazards 50 (2009) 2, pp. 249-267
When characterizing geologic natural hazards, specifically granular flows including pyroclastic flows, debris avalanches and debris flows, perhaps the most important factor to consider is the area of inundation. One of the key parameters demarcating the leading edge of inundation is the run-out...
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Unaffordable Housing and Local Employment Growth: Evidence from California Municipalities
Chakrabarti, Ritashree; Zhang, Junfu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
investigates this effect empirically using data on California municipalities. For various reasons, a simple correlation between …
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Piggybacking Fresh Vegetables: California To The Midwest And Northeast
Brooks, Eldon E.; Byrne, Robert J. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1979
This study, conducted at the request of the Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association of Central California, was made to … controlled program to transport produce from California to midwest and northeast markets. …
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