Did the Great Recession keep bad drivers off the road?

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 255-280

  Maheshri, Vikram ^a   Winston, Clifford ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile safety; Autonomous vehicles; Motorists fatalities; Risky drivers; Vehicle miles traveled

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980002578     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-016-9239-6     Document Type: Article

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