The fatality effects of highway speed limits by gender and age

Author/s: 

Thomas Dee

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Rebecca Sela

Year of Publication: 
2003
Publication: 
Economics Letters
Volume/Issue: 
79(3)
Pages: 
401-408

This study presents panel-based evidence on the overall fatality consequences of recent speed-limit increases in the United States. The results suggest that higher speed limits had highly heterogeneous effects, generally increasing fatalities among women and the elderly but reducing them among males.

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APA Citation

Dee, T., & Sela, R. (2003). The fatality effects of highway speed limits by gender and age. Economics Letters, 79(3), 401-408.