How would setting policy priorities according to cost-benefit analyses affect the provision of road safety?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 557-570

  Elvik, Rune ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Efficiency; Norway; Policy; Road safety; Sweden

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ROAD SAFETY POLICIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; NORWAY; POLICY; PRODUCTIVITY; SAFETY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; NORWAY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037988745     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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