Values of risk reduction implied by motorist use of protection equipment: New evidence from different populations

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-66

  Blomquist, Glenn C ^a   Miller, Ted R ^b   Levy, David T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

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