Automobile seatbelt usage and the value of statistical life

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 659-676

  Hakes, Jahn K ^a   Viscusi, W Kip ^b  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 33847703643     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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