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Health behavior and accident risk: Obesity is associated with the future risk of heavy truck crashes among newly recruited commercial drivers

Anderson, Jon E.; Govada, Manjari; Steffen, Tricia K.; … - 2012

This study estimates the dose-response relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and crash risk in commercial motor vehicle operators. Intake data was collected on 744 new truck drivers who were training for their commercial driver's licenses at a school operated by the cooperating trucking...

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New estimates of the value of a statistical life using air bag regulations as a quasi-experiment

Rohlfs, Chris; Sullivan, Ryan; Kniesner, Thomas J. - 2012

Due to Federal regulations, automobile air bag availability was a model-specific discontinuous function of model year for used vehicles in the 1990s and early 2000s. We use these discontinuities and the gradual increase in the supply of air bags to trace out the demand curve for air bags and the...

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Assessing the impact of the September 11 terrorist attacks on US airline demand

Ito, Harumi; Lee, Darin - 2003

This paper assesses the impact of the September 11th terrorist attacks and its after-effects on U.S. airline demand. Using monthly time-series data from 1986-2003, we find that September 11th resulted in both a negative transitory shock of over 30% and an ongoing negative demand shock amounting...

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The (Hidden) Cost of Employer Parking Policies

van Ommeren, Jos; Wentink, Derk - 2010

It has been argued that urban planning policies, through minimum parking requirements, and income tax policies induce free employer parking. We show that tax policies induce welfare losses in the order of 12% of parking resource costs, implying an annual deadweight loss in the order of € 5...

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Can we use hedonic pricing to estimate freight value of time?

Massiani, Jérôme - 2008

In this article, we investigate the use of hedonic pricing method to measure freight value of time. We concentrate on … the demand side of the freight market (that is shippers) and give a pre-cise definition to transport duration. We analyse … the different temporal dimensions of freight transportation and examine how equilibrium forms on the freight market. This …

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A wage-efficiency spatial model for US self-employed workers

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2016

In this paper, we study self-employment in a theoretical setting derived from wage-efficiency spatial models, where leisure and effort at work are complementary. We develop a spatial model of self-employment in which effort at work and commuting are negatively related, and thus the probability...

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Spatial distribution of US employment in an urban wage-efficiency setting

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2016

In this paper, we analyze the spatial distribution of US employment and earnings against an urban wage-efficiency background, where leisure and effort at work are complementary. Using data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) for the period 2003-2014, we analyze the spatial distribution of...

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Commuting time and sex ratios in the US

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2016

In this paper, we analyze the relationship between potential worker supply, measured through sex ratios, and commuting times in the United States. Using the American Time Use Survey 2003-2014, we analyze the relationship between commuting times and sex ratios by state and age, and show that the...

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Tradable permits to manage urban mobility : market design and experimental implementation

Brands, Devi; Verhoef, Erik T.; Knockaert, Jasper; … - 2019

Congestion levels have grown substantially in recent years, while the traditional economic response to congestion – road pricing – remains politically infeasible in most locations. Tradable permits are likely to be a more viable alternative, because they do not require a net financial flow...

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Do capital tax incentives attract new businesses? : evidence across industries from the new markets tax credit

Wolf, Kaitlyn; Ross, Amanda - 2014

Policy makers at all levels of government believe that one of the key drivers of local economic growth is new businesses. Therefore, governments design policy with the intention of attracting businesses with the hopes that this will create future growth in struggling areas. Over the past few...

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