The social willingness to comply with the law: The effect of social attitudes on traffic fatalities

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-408

  Vereeck, Lode ^a   Vrolix, Klara ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corruption; Road safety; Traffic fatalities; Willingness to comply with the law

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349035393     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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