The effect of cell phones on international motor vehicle fatality rates: A panel-data analysis

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-109

  Welki, Andrew M ^a   Zlatoper, Thomas J ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phones; International motor vehicle fatality rates

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEHICLES;

CELL PHONE; CELL PHONE USAGES; DEATH RATES; ECONOMIC FREEDOM; FATALITY RATES; INTERNATIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITY RATE; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES; PANEL DATA ANALYSIS; PAPER ANALYSIS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ACCIDENT; AUTOMOBILE; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; PANEL DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896106127     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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