Do border crossings contribute to underage motor-vehicle fatalities? An analysis of Michigan border crossings

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 765-781

  Kreft, Steven F ^a   Epling, Nancy M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; DRINKING;

CANADA; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547189190     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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