Life and death in the fast lane: Police enforcement and traffic fatalities

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-257

  DeAngelo, Gregory ^a   Hansen, Benjamin ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 84900472170     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.6.2.231     Document Type: Article

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