Public policy and highway safety: A city-wide perspective

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-244

  McCarthy, Patrick S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol availability; Common site ban; Highway safety; Poisson regression; Speed limit; Traffic enforcement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032859876     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(98)00030-1     Document Type: Article

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