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Speed limit enforcement and road safety
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Rekers, Ramona - In: Journal of public economics 210 (2022), pp. 1-17
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The economics of railway safety
Evans, Andrew W. - In: Research in Transportation Economics 43 (2013) 1, pp. 137-147
This paper reviews the statistics and economics of railway safety in Great Britain, the European Union and the United … States, together with some results for Finland and Japan. In these countries railway safety has improved over recent decades …. That finding applies both to train accidents and to personal accidents such as persons struck by trains. Fatal train …
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Chapter 23. Urban Crime
O’Flaherty, Brendan; Sethi, Rajiv - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 1519-1621). 2015
We survey the literature on index crime, paying particular attention to spatial issues. We note the contrasting descriptive traditions of Lombroso (characteristics matter) and Beccaria (incentives matter), and the contrasting policy traditions of incapacitation (predict who will offend and keep...
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Life and Death in the Fast Lane: Police Enforcement and Traffic Fatalities
DeAngelo, Gregory; Hansen, Benjamin - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 6 (2014) 2, pp. 231-57
Simultaneity complicates the estimation of the causal effect of police on crime. We overcome this obstacle by focusing on a mass layoff of Oregon State Police in February of 2003. Due solely to budget cuts, 35 percent of the roadway troopers were laid off, which dramatically reduced citations....
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Straßenverkehrssicherheit als wichtige Voraussetzung für nachhaltige Mobilität
Assing, Kai; Höhnscheid, Karl-Josef; Kranz, Thomas; … - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 79 (2010) 2, pp. 61-76
Road safety forms a fundamental prerequisite for sustainable mobility. Road accidents have an effect on the performance … of the road traffic system and also bind resources. Therefore, apart from ethical aspects, road accidents have an … of road accidents in Germany amounted to approximately 30 billion Euro. Nevertheless, the improvements in road safety …
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Straßenverkehrssicherheit als wichtige Voraussetzung für nachhaltige Mobilität
Assing, Kai; Höhnscheid, Karl-Josef; Kranz, Thomas; … - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 79 (2010) 2, pp. 61-76
Road safety forms a fundamental prerequisite for sustainable mobility. Road accidents have an effect on the performance … of the road traffic system and also bind resources. Therefore, apart from ethical aspects, road accidents have an … of road accidents in Germany amounted to approximately 30 billion Euro. Nevertheless, the improvements in road safety …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010473753
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Straßenverkehrssicherheit als wichtige Voraussetzung für nachhaltige Mobilität
Assing, Kai; Höhnscheid, Karl-Josef; Kranz, Thomas; … - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 79 (2010) 2, pp. 61-76
Road safety forms a fundamental prerequisite for sustainable mobility. Road accidents have an effect on the performance … of the road traffic system and also bind resources. Therefore, apart from ethical aspects, road accidents have an … of road accidents in Germany amounted to approximately 30 billion Euro. Nevertheless, the improvements in road safety …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671266
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Are traffic violators criminals? Searching for answers in the experiences of European countries
Castillo-Manzano, José I.; Castro-Nuño, Mercedes; … - In: Transport Policy 38 (2015) C, pp. 86-94
antisocial attitudes are more likely to have road traffic accidents and infringe traffic laws. We examine the records of the 28 … specifically, motor vehicle-related crimes) can be considered as predictors of fatal road traffic accidents. If they can be, this …The connection between crime and road safety is a relatively recent topic in academic research, although most studies …
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Valuing Public Investments to Support Bicycling
Götschi, Thomas; Hintermann, Beat - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 150 (2014) 4, pp. 297-329
We develop a framework for assessing the net benefits of investments to promote bicycling, which explicitly accounts for internal costs of bicycling. We apply our model to eight Swiss cities using data from the Swiss national travel survey and find that increasing the level of bicycling by...
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Valuing Public Investments to Support Bicycling
Götschi, Thomas; Hintermann, Beat - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) 150 (2014) IV, pp. 297-329
We develop a framework for assessing the net benefits of investments to promote bicycling, which explicitly accounts for internal costs of bicycling. We apply our model to eight Swiss cities using data from the Swiss national travel survey and find that increasing the level of bicycling by...
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