Economic factors and traffic crashes in New Zealand

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-188

  Scuffham, P A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0037454910     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684022000017566     Document Type: Article

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