Resource allocation in public policy: The effects of the 65-MPH speed limit

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 614-620

  Lave, Charles ^a   Elias, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031532258     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1997.tb02037.x     Document Type: Article

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