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The Cost of Convenience : Ridesharing and Traffic Fatalities
Barrios, John Manuel - 2019
We examine the effect of the introduction of ridesharing services in U.S. cities on fatal traffic accidents. The arrival of ridesharing is associated with an increase of approximately 3% in the number of motor vehicle fatalities and fatal accidents. This increase is not only for vehicle...
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The Cost of Convenience : Ridehailing and Traffic Fatalities
Barrios, John Manuel - 2020
We examine the effect of the introduction of ridehailing in U.S. cities on fatal traffic accidents. The arrival of ridehailing is associated with an increase of approximately 3% in the number of fatalities and fatal accidents, for both vehicle occupants and pedestrians. The effects persist when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012850840
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The economic costs of restricting international mobility
Rusticelli, Elena - 2021
in Europe and North America. The economic costs of restrictions on international travel are apparent in those sectors … likely to underestimate the broader macroeconomic costs, which are also assessed, albeit with less precision. The importance …
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Infrastructure Costs
Brooks, Leah - 2020
how much physical output each dollar of spending yields, we know surprisingly little about these costs across time and … cost determinants. Several common explanations for rising costs, such as increases in per-unit labor or materials prices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012848420
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Life and Death in the Fast Lane : Police Enforcement and Traffic Fatalities
Hansen, Benjamin; DeAngelo, Gregory J. - 2013
This paper estimates the causal effect of police on traffic fatalities and injuries. Due to simultaneity, estimating the causal effect of police on crime is often difficult. We overcome this obstacle by focusing on a mass layoff of Oregon State Police in February of 2003, stemming from changes...
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Free trade agreement between People's Republic of China and India: Likely impact and its implications to Asian economic community
Bhattacharya, Swapan K.; Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2006
China (PRC) and India, can foster outward-oriented development and intra-regional trade based on comparative advantage and … suspension of Doha negotiations by the World Trade Organization, the opportunity costs of not moving toward greater trade … integration between the PRC and India could be increasing. This paper presents the recent trends in the PRC-India trade and …
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Free trade agreement between People's Republic of China and India : likely impact and its implications to Asian economic community
Bhattacharya, Swapan K. (contributor);  … - 2006
China (PRC) and India, can foster outward-oriented development and intra-regional trade based on comparative advantage and … suspension of Doha negotiations by the World Trade Organization, the opportunity costs of not moving toward greater trade … integration between the PRC and India could be increasing. This paper presents the recent trends in the PRC-India trade and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003411318
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Promotion of trade and Investments between China and India : the case of Southwest China and East and Northeast India
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; De, Prabir - 2005
(China) and India - in trade, investments and infrastructure development can foster outward-oriented development and economic …, particularly the expanded European Union and North American integration, the opportunity costs of not moving toward greater … economic integration between China and India involving common neighbouring countries could be increasing. This paper discusses …
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Extractive Institutions? Investor Returns to Indian Railway Companies in the Age of High Imperialism
Bogart, Dan - 2018
Did colonial policies in India deliver excessive returns to British investors? We answer this question using annual … the Government of India purchased large positions in the private railway companies between 1880 and 1910, there were …
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The Growth Contribution of Colonial Indian Railways in Comparative Perspective
Bogart, Dan - 2015
contribution to income per-capita growth in India compared to the most dynamic Latin American economies between 1860 and 1912. The … smaller contribution in India is related to four factors: (1) the smaller size of railway freight revenues in the Indian …
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