Computing what the public wants: Some issues in road safety cost-benefit analysis

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-164

  Hauer, Ezra ^a  

^a Apt 1706 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Discounting; Economics; Evaluation; Road safety; Value of life; Welfare economics

Indexed keywords

DISCOUNTING; EVALUATION; ROAD SAFETY; VALUE OF LIFE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; INVESTMENTS; ROADS AND STREETS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC OPINION; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; ONTARIO; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 78649957908     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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