Experimental economics in transportation: Focus on social influences and provision of information

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2156, 2010, Pages 47-55

  Gaker, David ^a   Zheng, Yanding ^a   Walker, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; BEHAVIORAL MODEL; COMPUTER EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; PERSONALIZED INFORMATION; PROSPECT THEORY; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SURVEY DESIGN; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 78651332248     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2156-06     Document Type: Article

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