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Summertime and the drivin' is easy? Daylight Saving Time and vehicle accidents
Laliotis, Ioannis; Moscelli, Guiseppe; Monastiriotis, … - 2019
Although it is commonly understood that light conditions affect driving behaviour, detailed evidence is scarce especially for EU countries. In this paper we use the exogenous variation in daylight caused by Daylight Saving Time (DST) shifts to examine the role of light conditions on vehicle...
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Unpacking global shocks
Graziano, Alejandro G.; Tian, Yuan - 2024
Economy-wide shocks affect demand, supply, and intermediary sectors simultaneously. We dissect the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on international trade by combining information from customs records, smartphone-based human mobility, and container ship port calls. We find that local disruptions...
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Behavior Policies and Teen Traffic Safety
Evans, William N.; Dee, Thomas S. - In: American Economic Review 91 (2001) 2, pp. 91-96
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Size of economic activity and occurrence of fatal traffic accidents: a count panel data analysis on Fukuoka prefecture in Japan
Kitazawa, Yoshitsugu - Faculty of Economics, Kyushu Sangyo University - 2010
In this paper, the investigation is conducted on the relationship between the number of fatalities by dint of traffic accidents and the gross municipal product, by using the panel data whose crosssectional units are composed of municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan. It turns out that the...
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Traffic Congestion and Infant Health: Evidence from E-ZPass
Currie, Janet; Walker, Reed - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3 (2011) 1, pp. 65-90
congestion contributes significantly to poor health among infants. (JEL I12, J13, Q51, Q53, R41) …
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Does Private Information Influence Automobile Insurance Purchase Decisions?
Sloan, Frank Allen; Robinson, Patricia A.; Eldred, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This study quantifies the importance of private information, separates the extent to which the positive correlation between the accident probability and insurance coverage reflects adverse selection and moral hazard, and analyzes market segmentation on objective accident risk. We use data we...
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Does body fat change with car ownership rates? : a longitudinal survey of gender differences
Arbel, Yuval; Fialkoff, Chaim; Kerner, Amichai - In: Journal of urban management 9 (2020) 1, pp. 19-34
Durable goods provide conventional proxies for household wealth, which, in turn, may increase the tendency to consume healthier food products and engage in leisure-time physical exercise. Higher car ownership levels, on the other hand, may reduce the tendency to participate in utilitarian,...
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Racial disparities in the health effects from air pollution : evidence from ports
Gillingham, Kenneth; Huang, Pei - 2021
This study examines the uneven effects of air pollution from maritime ports on physical and mental health across racial … traffic influences air pollution and human health. We find that one additional vessel in a port over a year leads to 3 …-related environmental regulation and show that the policy can help alleviate racial inequalities in health outcomes. …
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When Labor Disputes Bring Cities to a Standstill: The Impact of Public Transit Strikes on Traffic, Accidents, Air Pollution, and Health
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Hener, Timo; Rainer, Helmut - 2015
endanger public safety or health. We use time-series and cross-sectional variation in powerful registry data to quantify the …
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Racial disparities in the health effects from air pollution: Evidence from ports
Gillingham, Kenneth; Huang, Pei - 2021
This study examines the uneven effects of air pollution from maritime ports on physical and mental health across racial … traffic influences air pollution and human health. We find that one additional vessel in a port over a year leads to 3 …-related environmental regulation and show that the policy can help alleviate racial inequalities in health outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599179