Risk compensation or risk reduction? Seatbelts, state laws, and traffic fatalities

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 913-936

  Houston, David J ^a,c   Richardson, Lilliard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 35948953175     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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