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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
mobility. Therefore, the aim of improving road safety has to continue to have paramount importance in traffic and transport …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 …
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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
mobility. Therefore, the aim of improving road safety has to continue to have paramount importance in traffic and transport …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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377924
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Public Spending in Finland
Hemmings, Philip; Turner, David; Parviainen, Seija - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003
Finland is committed to high quality and extensive public services and a high level of income redistribution. The heavy tax burden these commitments require is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain due to tax competition and the need to harmonise certain taxes with other EU countries. These...
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The Effectiveness of Public Expenditure in Portugal
Bronchi, Chiara - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003
Over the past decade, Portugal has experienced imbalances and inefficiencies in the public sector that have impeded better economic performance. Though Portugal’s total spending as a proportion of GDP is somewhat below the EU average, the rapid and uncontrolled growth of its primary current...
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How to Protect Future Generations Using Tax Base Restrictions
Rangel, Antonio - 2002
This paper studies constitutional restrictions on the tax base that protect future generations from expropriation and improve the optimality of investment in Intergenerational Public Goods (IPGs). The choice of the tax base matters because it affects how intergenerational (IG) spillovers are...
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Speed limit enforcement and road safety
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Rekers, Ramona - 2019 - This version: December 2019
We study the impact on road safety of one-day massive speed limit monitoring operations (SLMO) accompanied by media … police reported accidents in a generalized difference-in-differences approach, we find that SLMO reduce traffic accidents and …
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Speed limit enforcement and road safety
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Rekers, Ramona - 2019
We study the impact on road safety of one-day massive speed limit monitoring operations (SLMO) accompanied by media … police reported accidents in a generalized difference-in-differences approach, we find that SLMO reduce traffic accidents and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151780
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Infrastructure Costs
Brooks, Leah - 2020
There is widespread consensus that US infrastructure quality has been on the decline. In response, politicians across the ideological spectrum have called for increased infrastructure spending. Although the cost of infrastructure determines how much physical output each dollar of spending...
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Can America Reduce Highway Spending? Evidence from the States
Brooks, Leah; Liscow, Zachary D. - 2021
Although infrastructure is a key input into economic growth, systematic evidence on what drives overall spending across time or place is very limited. In this paper, motivated in part by the difficulties in international comparisons, we focus on infrastructure for which we can measure spending...
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Principles for the 2020 Surface Transportation Reauthorization
O'Toole, Randal - 2020
America's surface transportation infrastructure needs significant improvements and rehabilitation, yet Congress is … deficit financing of transportation and end federal restrictions that reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of the funds … transportation funding bill. These principles are pay-as-you-go, user fees, and subsidiarity.Pay-as-you-go. The Congressional Budget …
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