Economic deregulation and transport safety: A synthesis of evidence from evaluation studies

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 678-686

  Elvik, Rune ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deregulation; Evaluation; Meta analysis; Transport safety

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DEREGULATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EVALUATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

META-ANALYSIS; MODES OF TRANSPORT; RAIL SAFETY; TRANSPORT SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; META ANALYSIS; RAILWAY; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; HUMANS; RAILROADS; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646338174     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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