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Trip and mode choice decisions to out-patient health care facilities : a longitudinal analysis

McCarthy, Patrick S. - In: Journal of management science and engineering 7 (2022) 2, pp. 173-196

This paper analyzes the impact of health indicators on an individual's trip and mode choices to out-patient care … facilities. The study's focus is an out-patient trip to a health care facility, and the source of data is the China Health and …-of-pocket costs and when the facility is a public facility are also important factors. Diagnosed and other personal health factors …

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Science, Rulemaking, and COVID-19 in the Philippines : Evaluating the Scientific Basis of the Motorcycle Pillion Shield Regulation

Ballano, Vivencio - 2022

This article evaluates the Philippine government’s science-based response to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in the field of administrative rulemaking. Specifically, it evaluates the effectiveness of the Motorcycle Pillion Shield Regulation (MPSR) to implement social distancing and prevent...

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Dual circulation and population mobility during the pandemic in China

Lee, Wang-Sheng; Tran, Trang My; Yu, Bo - 2022

We use high-frequency data from location-based mobile phone records to measure domestic air travel patterns of the Chinese population during the Covid-19 pandemic. The travel and tourism industry is a key driver of China's domestic economy and data from this industry helps serve as an objective...

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Speeding, punishment, and recidivism : evidence from a regression discontinuity design

Gehrsitz, Markus - 2017

This paper estimates the effects of temporary driver's license suspensions on driving behavior. A little known rule in the German traffic penalty catalogue maintains that drivers who commit a series of speeding transgressions within 365 days should have their license suspended for one month. My...

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Punishment and Deterrence: Evidence from Drunk Driving

Hansen, Benjamin - In: American Economic Review 105 (2015) 4, pp. 1581-1617

I test the effect of harsher punishments and sanctions on driving under the influence (DUI). In this setting, punishments are determined by strict rules on blood alcohol content (BAC) and previous offenses. Regression discontinuity derived estimates suggest that having a BAC above the DUI...

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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; Govada, Manjari; Steffen, Tricia K.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

establish an association between obesity and crash risk show that driver health behavior has important spillovers for public …

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Struggling to Understand the Stock Market

Hall, Robert E. - In: American Economic Review 91 (2001) 2, pp. 1-11

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A Radical Change in Traffic Law: Effects on Fatalities in the Czech Republic

Montag, Josef - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2013

I evaluate the effects of a new road traffic law in the Czech Republic that became effective on July 1, 2006. The law introduced tougher punishments through the introduction of a demerit point system and a manifold increase in fines, together with an augmented authority of traffic police. I find...

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Hands on the wheel, eyes on the phone : the effect of smart phone usage on road safety

Brands, Devi; Klingen, Joris; Ostermeijer, Francis - 2020

We provide novel evidence on the effect of smart phone use on road accidents. We exploit variation in phone usage fees in the Netherlands following a change in European Union (EU) roaming regulations implemented in 2017. The growth rate of mobile data roaming increased substantially after the...

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Do Ridesharing Services Increase Alcohol Consumption?

Burgdorf, Jacob - 2020

, examining short-run health effects that may be associated with additional drinking, we find suggestive evidence that UberX … negatively impacts mental health …

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