Speed choice, speed variance, and speed limits: A second-best instrument to correct for road transport externalities

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-202

  Rietveld, Piet ^a   Shefer, Daniel ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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