Part I: Introduction and Background -- Introduction -- Autonomous-Vehicle Operations and the Process of Adoption -- Part 2: Potential Effects of Autonomous Vehicles -- The Potential Effects of Autonomous Vehicles on Economic Sectors -- Estimating the Effects of Congestion on Economic-Performance...

The offset hypothesis predicts consumers adapt to innovations that improve safety by becoming less vigilant about safety. Previous tests have used aggregate data that may confound the effect of a safety policy with those consumers who are most affected by it. We test the hypothesis using...