Corrections of Self-Selection Bias in Crash Causality Study: An Application on All-Red Signal Control

Journal of Transportation Safety and Security

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 107-123

  Mishra, Sabyasachee ^a   Zhu, Xiaoyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

all red interval; Heckman Two step correction model; probit model; Self selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912121220     PISSN: 19439962     EISSN: 19439970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2014.929603     Document Type: Article

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