Causes and Deterrents of Transportation Accidents: An Analysis by Mode

Author:   Peter Loeb ,  Wayne K. Talley ,  Thomas J. Zlatoper ,  Thomas J. Zlatoper (Associate Professor, John Carroll University, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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9780899308067


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   29 September 1994
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Peter Loeb ,  Wayne K. Talley ,  Thomas J. Zlatoper ,  Thomas J. Zlatoper (Associate Professor, John Carroll University, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.549kg
ISBN:  

9780899308067


ISBN 10:   0899308066
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   29 September 1994
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Illustrations Preface Introduction Highway Accidents: Causation Auto Accidents: Effectiveness of Deterrent Policies Truck Accidents Air Accidents Recreational Boating Accidents Commercial Vessel Accidents Railroad Accidents: Deterrent Policies and Other Observations Improving Transportation Safety: Lessons Learned Subject Index Author Index

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It will be an essential addition to the bookshelf of transportation economists who are seeking an introduction to safety analysis, and also for people...who have researched the safety of a particular mode but are looking for the broader picture. -Ian Savage, Dept of Economics Northwestern University


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PETER D. LOEB is Professor of Economics at Rutgers University, Newark. Dr. Loeb has published extensively on transportation safety issues and has testified on such matters before U.S. Congressional Committees, the New Jersey Assembly (Judiciary Committee) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (NHTSA). He has authored and coauthored articles that appeared in The American Economic Review, the Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Econometrica, Accident Analysis and Prevention and the Southern Economic Journal, among others. He is also the coauthor of The Stat Tutor (1991) and the coeditor of Essays in Regional Economic Studies (1983). WAYNE K. TALLEY is Professor of Economics, holding the designation of Eminent Scholar, at Old Dominion University. He has been a faculty fellow at the U.S. Department of Transportation's Transportation Systems Center, an industry economist at the Interstate Commerce Commission, a faculty fellow at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a visiting fellow of the Transport Studies Unit at Oxford University, and a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Transport Policy Analysis at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Dr. Talley has written extensively on a number of transportation issues and is the author (or coauthor) of the books, Introduction to Transportation (1983), Transport Carrier Costing (1988), and Ocean Container Transportation: An Operational Perspective (1990). THOMAS J. ZLATOPER is Associate Professor of Economics at John Carroll University. Dr. Zlatoper is also a research associate at the Center for Regional Economic Issues, Case Western Reserve University. He has authored articles on transportation safety issues that appeared in Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, Accident Analysis and Prevention, and Applied Economics.

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