Gas prices, beer taxes and GDL programmes: Effects on auto fatalities among young adults in the US

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 3645-3654

  Morrisey, Michael A ^a   Grabowski, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRICE DYNAMICS; TAX SYSTEM; YOUNG POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960905098     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036841003670796     Document Type: Article

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